Maria Mitchell

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[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.” –Maria Mitchell

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

@GeorgeH63699110 @AlbertE366107 Even geniuses need a helping hand every now and then. My father got me into astronomy in the first place.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

@prettyptolemy Impressive!

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Since no one bothered to properly record my birth, I don't know what my horoscope says today. But how about you tell me yours?
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[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#8 Did you Know? My students and I found Venus traversing the sun—one of the rarest planetary alignments known to man, apparently!

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

@Sub_Chandrasek @MichioKaku70 Perhaps you need a tutor from yours truly. :)

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

@prettyptolemy Aparrently!

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

@prettyptolemy Interesting that I wasn't there. 🤔

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#10 Did you Know?: I was named after an observatory, a World War II ship, and a crater on the moon. Not sure how the ship got there...🤔

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#9 Did you Know?: In 1873, I co-founded the Association for the Advancement of Women, serving as the organization's president for 3 years.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#8 Did you Know? My students and I found Venus traversing the sun—one of the rarest planetary alignments known to man, apparently!

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#7 Did you Know?: The reward I received for finding my comet was a gold medal by Frederick VI, king of Denmark.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#6 Did you know?: Before I became the first female American Astronomer, I was the first librarian for Nantucket Atheneum.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#5 Did you know? : I helped sailors navigate through long journeys across the sea when I was only 14!

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

#4 Did you know? : I found my comet ontop of my father's working building, The Pacific National Bank amidst the night sky.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

3# Did you Know? : Both of my parents both follow the teachings of Quakers.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

Because of the founding of my own comet, I became the first American female professional astronomer! It was a bit of a shock!

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

I was one of nine children and born on August 1, 1818, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. I got my education around here as well.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

2# Did you know? : I was not only a astronomer, but also a teacher at Vassar College in New York!

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

Dispite my efforts within the science department, I was terribly ill and had to retire in 1888. In 1889, I joined the starts, leaving Earth.

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMiMars]

I just so happen to discover a brand new comet that was previously undiscovered by scientists! And respectively, it was named after me!