Kent_Ford_(astronomer)
Kent Ford (astronomer)
American astronomer (1931–2023)
William Kent Ford Jr. (April 8, 1931 – June 18, 2023) was an American astronomer involved with the theory of dark matter. He worked with scientist Vera Rubin, who used his advanced spectrometer in her studies of space and matter. This spectrometer allowed the pair to drastically change the way dark matter was viewed, by analyzing the various spectrums of light galaxies give off in different parts of their spirals. He received the 1985 James Craig Watson Medal for his work on image enhancement and galactic dynamics.[1] Ford died on June 18, 2023, at the age of 92.[2]
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