Jacobus Kapteyn
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, 1851 – June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation.
Honors
Awards
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- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1902)
- James Craig Watson Medal (1913)
- Bruce Medal (1913)
- Kapteyn crater on the Moon
- Asteroid 818 Kapteynia
- Kapteyn's Star
Named after him
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