30.01 A Yorkshireman,the Parsec and Pluto
Mar 10, 2023 ·
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Another little known Yorkshire astronomer, Herbert Hall Turner was born in Leeds and is prehaps not that well know, but he devised the astronomical unit of the parsec which is...
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Another little known Yorkshire astronomer, Herbert Hall Turner was born in Leeds and is prehaps not that well know, but he devised the astronomical unit of the parsec which is used by astronomers today and also plays a part in the naming of Pluto.
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| Author | Martin Lunn |
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