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Caroline Herschel (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biography of Caroline Herschel, covering her comet discoveries and her Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for uncontested biographical facts.
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Caroline Herschel (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Scientists, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

11

Holds

1

General References

1
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