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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 |
Astronomer Fred Whipple Dies
Famed astronomer, Dr. Fred Whipple, passed away on Monday at the age of 97 after a prolonged battle with illness. He was Phillips Professor of Astronomy Emeritus at Harvard University and a Senior Physicist at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Perhaps best known for his research into comets, Whipple discovered six, and one of the first to suggest that they were icy conglomerates (aka "dirty snowballs"). He went on to direct the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1955 to 1973, and the Mt. Hopkins Observatory was renamed the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in 1981. [Universe Today]
1:55:07 PM Permalink
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August on the Bike
In August, I put 194.83 miles on my bike. I rode 14 times, which is nearly every other day. My average ride was 13.91 miles, and my average speed was 10.9 miles per hour. I spent 1,065 minutes (nearly 18 hours) on the bike. Not bad. In September I want to increase all those figures: more rides, more miles at a faster pace.
According to http://www.healthstatus.com/cbc.html, at my weight and at my average speed, I burn about 435 calories on an average ride. Alas, the exercise makes me hungry so there are days where I pretty much eat up that 435 calories (and them some) as soon as I get back.
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