Arlo U. Landolt, Date of Birth

    

Arlo U. Landolt

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1935

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Arlo U. Landolt

  • Arlo Udell Landolt (born September 29, 1935) is an American astronomer.
  • Landolt has worked principally in photometry and has published a number of widely used lists of standard stars.
  • In 1995, he received the George van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society.
  • Landolt was the first discoverer of a pulsating white dwarf when he observed in 1965 and 1966 that the luminosity of HL Tau 76 varied with a period of approximately 12.5 minutes.
  • The asteroid 15072 Landolt is named after him.

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