Henrietta Hill Swope
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| Gender | Female |
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| Date of birth | October 26,1902 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | St. Louis |
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| United States | |
| Died | Pasadena |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Parents | Gerard Swope |
| Awards | Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy |
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| ID | 3532852 |
Henrietta Hill Swope Life story
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer who studied variable stars. In particular, she measured the period-luminosity relation for Cepheid stars, which are bright variable stars whose periods of variability relate directly to their intrinsic luminosities.