Sir Arthur Eddington

Your grandmas favorite English Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician

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@AstroAristarchu Really?

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@AstroAristarchu Wow facts

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@AstroAristarchu That’s so cool

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During WW1 I wasn’t even listened to, I wasn’t important. 😐

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I loved investigating the moon, I was one of the first to do it to em.

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I didn’t even know Einstein, I heard about his theory from others.

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I wasn’t just a great astronomer, I was amazing in Math, physics, and English. yaherd

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The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in my honor. I’m the Goat no questions

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I pioneered the investigation of structure of stellar structure and radiation structure, and dynamics on pulsating stars.

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I received honorary degrees from 13 universities for my discoveries.

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I am a quaker, which is a Protestant.

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I am considered one of the greatest astronomers of all time.

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“Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds.”

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I developed a measure of a cyclist's long distance riding accomplishments.

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“An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.”

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Jupiter is a great comet collector.

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Astronomers usually focus on one aspect of Astronomy.

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Jupiters Great Red Spot is over 10,000 miles long.