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Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (died 1941)

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Annie Jump Cannon

American astronomer (1863–1941)

Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to…
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December 11

Day of the year

December 11 is the 345th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 20 days remain until the end of the year.
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