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He was born in Toledo, Ohio. He received his BA from Yale University in 1935, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1938, where he was advised by Henry Norris Russell. He is one of the key figures of 20th century physics, who helped lay down the fundamentals of the physics of plasmas and the astrophysicsSpiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties ( luminosity, density, temperature, chemical composition) of astronomical objects such as stars, galaxies, and of the interstellar mediumThe interstellar medium (or ISM is a term used in astronomy to describe the rarefied gas and dust that exists between the stars (or their immediate "circumstellar" environment) within a galaxy. The matter normally consists of about 99% gas particles and u. He founded the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, and in 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar, he envisioned what would eventually become the Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope Space Shuttle Discovery during the second servicing mission of the telescope, STS-82 Organization NASA, ESA Wavelength regimeoptical Orbit height600 km Orbit period100 min Launch date 24 April 1990 Deorbit datecirca 2010 Mass11,000. One of his more famous students was George Field . Spitzer died in PrincetonSee also Princeton Township, New Jersey Princeton, New Jersey is the name of a township and a borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The township completely surrounds the borough; they are referred together as "the two Princetons". Before th, New JerseyNew Jersey is a state of the United States of America and has the U. postal abbreviation of NJ . The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. The USS New Jersey one of the most decorated vessels in the United States Navy, was name.
The NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeSpitzer Space Telescope Organization NASA, JPL/ Caltech Wavelength regime infrared Orbit8. 4 106mi) ( heliocentric, trailing Earth at L5) Launch date August 25 2003 Deorbit datecirca 2008 Mass950 kg (2094 lb) Other namesSpace Infrared Telescope Facility, is named after him. It studies the infrared sky from an Earth trailing orbit.