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Amateur scientists, the international geophysical year, and the ambitions of Fred Whipple.
The contribution of amateur scientists to the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was substantial, especially in the arena of spotting artificial satellites. This article examines how Fred L. Whipple and his colleagues recruited satellite spotters for Moonwatch, a program for amateur scientists initiated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in 1956. At the same time, however, the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics Today
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0031-9228,1945-0699
DOI: 10.1063/1.1897572