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Henrietta Swan Leavitt (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biography of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, covering her discovery of the Cepheid period-luminosity relationship.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
3
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)

This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Scientists, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 5 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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