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Also Known As Edwin Powell Hubble
Born November 20, 1889 • Missouri
Died September 28, 1953 (aged 63) • San Marino • California
Notable Works “The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies”
Subjects Of Study Andromeda Galaxy • Cepheid variable • Hubble constant • Hubble’s law • expanding universe • external galaxy • nebula

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