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    Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer. He is renowned for his pioneering work in spectroscopy. Adams was born...
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    him, Walter Sydney Adams and Charles Hitchcock Adams. Neptune's outermost known ring and the asteroid 1996 Adams are also named after him. The Adams Prize...
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  • British Columbia Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956), American astronomer Walter Adams (runner) (1945–2023), German runner Sir Walter Adams (historian) (1906–1975)...
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    craters. Adams is a crater of Nectarian age. Adams' name jointly honours three astronomers of that name: John Couch Adams, Walter Sydney Adams and Charles...
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    in the 1920s is now believed to be a background object. In 1915, Walter Sydney Adams, using a 60-inch (1.5 m) reflector at Mount Wilson Observatory, observed...
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    specifications for the observatory. In drafting the plans, he consulted with Walter Sydney Adams, the future director of Mount Wilson Observatory, and George Ellery...
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  • B is observed, making it the first confirmed white dwarf. 1914 – Walter Sydney Adams determines an incredibly high density for Sirius B. 1926 – Ralph...
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  • derives from the spectroscopic studies of sunspots and stars by Walter Sydney Adams and Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter. The method is an important step on...
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    which oscillates with a dominant period of 103.51 minutes. In 1914, Walter Sydney Adams announced that 32 Virginis is a spectroscopic binary. John Beattie...
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