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- Born
- ( 1875-11-11 ) November 11, 1875, Mulberry, Indiana , United States
- Died
- November 8, 1969 (1969-11-08) (aged 93), Flagstaff, Arizona , United States
- Alma mater
- Indiana University Bloomington ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Discovering redshifts in spiral galaxies Discovering the sodium layer
- Spouse
- Emma R. Munger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1904 )
- Relatives
- Earl C. Slipher (brother)
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Lowell Observatory
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- Group at Clark Telescope in 1905.jpg
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- Vesto Melvin Slipher (astronomer)
- date of birth
- 1875-11-11
- date of death
- 1969-11-08
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Vesto Melvin Slipher (/ˈslaɪfər/; November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. He was the first to discover that distant galaxies are redshifted, thus providing the first empirical basis for the expansion of the universe. He was also the first to relate these redshifts to velocity.
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spiral galaxy
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expansion of the universe
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Earth
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astronomy
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California
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Solar System
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planet
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Uranus
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Pluto
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Milky Way
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galaxy
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asteroid
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infrared radiation
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methane
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ammonia
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Andromeda Galaxy
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1875 births1969 deaths20th-century American astronomersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesIndiana University Bloomington alumniMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesNo local image but image on WikidataPeople from Clinton County, IndianaPeople from Flagstaff, ArizonaRecipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyRecipients of the Lalande Prize