Henrietta Leavitt Net Worth

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Her salary is unknown. Henrietta Leavitt was an Astronomer born in 1868 who had a net worth of $1.4 Million. She was known for her work in measuring the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which helped scientists to measure distances to stars. Her work was posthumously used to determine that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the observable universe. Her salary is unknown.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day	July 4, 1868
Birth Place	MA
Age	151 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign	Cancer

💰 Net worth: $1.4 Million (2024)

About

Astronomer who helped measure the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which helped scientists to measure distances to stars. After her death her work was used to determine that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the observable universe.

Before Fame

After her education, she worked at Harvard College Observatory calculating and recording the brightness of stars.

Trivia

Her observation of a class of stars that 'pulse' brighter and darker made possible the calculation of much greater interstellar distances with more accuracy than ever before.