Henrietta Leavitt net worth and salary: Henrietta Leavitt is a Astronomer who has a net worth of $1.4 Million. Henrietta Leavitt was born in in July 4, 1868. 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.
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💰Henrietta Leavitt Net worth: $1.4 Million (Updated at 15 March 2019)
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.
Family Life
She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the daughter of George Roswell Leavitt, a Congregational church minister.
Associated With
Based on her work, Edwin Hubble was able to calculate that the universe is expanding.
