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{{Short description|American astronomer (1920–2019)}} |
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| birthname = Sarah Lee Lippincott |
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| death_place = Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, US |
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| known_for = [[Binary stars]] |
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| work_institutions = [[Swarthmore College]] [[Sproul Observatory]] |
| work_institutions = [[Swarthmore College]] [[Sproul Observatory]] |
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| influences = [[Peter van de Kamp]] |
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'''Sarah Lee Lippincott''' ( |
'''Sarah Lee Lippincott''' (October 26, 1920 – February 28, 2019),<ref name="Arch">{{cite web |
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| title=Swarthmore College Archives, Astronomy Department Records, 1899-1986 |
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| accessdate=2009-06-03}}</ref> |
| accessdate=2009-06-03}}</ref><ref name="obit">{{cite web |title=Sarah Lee Zimmerman {{!}} Kuzo, Foulk, And Cleveland Funeral Homes |url=https://www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com/obituaries/2019/03/01/sarah-lee-zimmerman/ |accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref> also known as '''Sarah Lee Lippincott Zimmerman''', was an American astronomer. She was [[professor emerita]] of [[astronomy]] at [[Swarthmore College]] and [[Emeritus|director emerita]] of the college's [[Sproul Observatory]]. |
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<ref name="edu">{{cite web | url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/cc_faculty.xml | title=Swarthmore College Faculty and Other Instructional Staff |accessdate=2009-01-29}}</ref> She was a pioneer in the use of [[astrometry]] to determine the character of [[binary stars]] and search for [[extrasolar planets]]. |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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[[Bachelor of Arts]] |
Lippincott received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1941 and an [[Master of Arts]] from [[Swarthmore College]] in 1942. |
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[[Master of Arts]], [[Swarthmore College]], 1942<ref name="edu"/> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Lippincott was born in 1920 and attended college at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] College for Women in the 1940s, where she played on the women's basketball team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upm/upm7200/upm7200_1940.pdf |title=Yearbook of the College for Women, 1940, University of Pennsylvania |access-date=2009-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808174212/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdocs/upm/upm7200/upm7200_1940.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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After graduation from the University of Pennsylvania |
After graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, Lippincott attended Swarthmore College, where she worked closely with [[Peter van de Kamp]] on many [[astrometry]] projects between 1945 and his retirement in 1972, when she became observatory director. She wrote his [[obituary]] when he died in 1995.<ref>{{ cite journal |
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| title=Obituary: Peter van de Kamp, 1901-1995 |
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She was the third wife of |
She was the third wife of [[Dave Garroway]], the founding host of [[NBC|NBC's]] ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' show. Garroway had an active interest in astronomy, and they met on a tour of observatories in the [[Soviet Union]] that she was hosting.<ref>{{cite web |
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| title=Garroway, first 'Today' host, is dead |
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| date=July 22, 1982 |
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| work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |
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| accessdate=2009-06-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> After Garroway's death by suicide at their home in 1982 she helped establish the Dave Garroway Laboratory for the Study of Depression at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=papers>{{citation| |
| accessdate=2009-06-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> After Garroway's death by suicide at their home in 1982, she helped establish the Dave Garroway Laboratory for the Study of Depression at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=papers>{{citation|hdl=1903.1/1488|title=Lee Lawrence Papers|publisher=University of Maryland Libraries}}</ref> |
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She conducted numerous [[astrometric]] studies of nearby stars with van de Kamp in the search for [[extrasolar planets]]. She reported the discovery of several objects of |
She conducted numerous [[astrometric]] studies of nearby stars with van de Kamp in the search for [[extrasolar planets]]. She reported the discovery of several objects of substellar mass and proposed a 0.01 solar-mass planetary companion to the star ''[[Lalande 21185]]'' in 1951. The same proposal of planetary objects was made for a number of other stars, as well.<ref>{{cite journal |
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| title=Astrometric study of Lalande 21185 |
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| author=van de Kamp, P. |
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| author2=Lippincott, S. L |
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| journal= [[The Astronomical Journal]] |
| journal= [[The Astronomical Journal]] |
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| doi=10.1086/106503 |
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}}</ref> Claims for the smaller planetary objects were never confirmed and gradually have become discredited. However, she was quite successful in using the same techniques for characterizing many binary star systems. Her 1951 calculations of the orbit of the difficult [[Binary star#Astrometric binaries|astronomical binary star system]] ''[[Ross 614]]'' were used to successfully find and image the system's secondary star.<ref>{{cite journal |
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| title=Parallax and orbit analysis of Ross 614 |
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| author-link=George Gatewood |
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| date=2003 | journal=[[The Astronomical Journal]] | volume=125 | issue=3 | pages=1530–1536 |
| date=2003 | journal=[[The Astronomical Journal]] | volume=125 | issue=3 | pages=1530–1536 |
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| doi=10.1086/346143 | bibcode=2003AJ....125.1530G}}</ref> |
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She is listed as |
She is listed as professor emerita of astronomy and director emerita of the Sproul Observatory in the 2010 Swarthmore college catalog. She last published astronomy research papers in 1983. In 2009, she attended the dedication ceremony for the new Peter van de Kamp observatory at Swarthmore College.<ref>{{ cite web | title=New Peter van de Kamp Observatory Dedicated | url=http://media.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/?p=240 | author=Jeffrey Lott | date=July 2009 | publisher=Swarthmore College Bulletin | accessdate=2009-12-12}}</ref> |
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Lippincott died on February 28, 2019, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.<ref name="obit" /> |
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==Honors and awards== |
==Honors and awards== |
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In 1966 she received the [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]] Alumnae Achievement Award.<ref>[http://www.kappakappagamma.org/Content/NavigationMenu/All_About_Kappa/Notable_Kappas/Alumnae_Achievement_Award_Recipients.htm Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients, 1966, Sarah Lee Lippincott]</ref> |
In 1966, she received the [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]] Alumnae Achievement Award.<ref>[http://www.kappakappagamma.org/Content/NavigationMenu/All_About_Kappa/Notable_Kappas/Alumnae_Achievement_Award_Recipients.htm Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients, 1966, Sarah Lee Lippincott]</ref> |
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In 1973 she was awarded an [[Honorary degree| |
In 1973, she was awarded an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctor of science]] by [[Villanova University]].<ref name="Arch"/><ref>{{cite journal |
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| title=S. I. Lippincott received the honorary D.Sc. degree by Villanova University in Pennsylvania |
| title=S. I. Lippincott received the honorary D.Sc. degree by Villanova University in Pennsylvania |
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In 1976 she was elected to the |
In 1976, she was elected to the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania (as Mrs. [[Christian Zimmerman]]).<ref>{{cite web |
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==Sample |
==Sample publications== |
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===Books=== |
===Books=== |
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Lippincott authored two books, with coauthors: |
Lippincott authored two books, with coauthors: |
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*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LQQJR4 Philadelphia: The Unexpected City]; with [[Laurence Lafore]]; Publisher: [[Doubleday & Co.]]; 1st edition (January 1, 1965); ASIN: B002LQQJR4 |
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*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BG231A Point to the Stars - Revised Edition]; with [[Joseph Maron Joseph]]; Publisher: [[McGraw-Hill|McGraw-Hill Book Company]] (1967); ASIN: B002BG231A |
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===Papers=== |
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*[http://www.swarthmore77.org/eHalcyon/1977f/Astro-Lippincott.jpg 1975 Swarthmore College faculty photograph] |
*[http://www.swarthmore77.org/eHalcyon/1977f/Astro-Lippincott.jpg 1975 Swarthmore College faculty photograph] |
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*[http://www.swarthmore.edu/cc_faculty.xml Swarthmore College, Faculty and Instructional Staff - Emeriti] |
*[http://www.swarthmore.edu/cc_faculty.xml Swarthmore College, Faculty and Instructional Staff - Emeriti] |
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*[https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/womenastro/womenastro-wz.html#Z Women in Astronomy: A Comprehensive Bibliography] |
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*[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&&author=lippincott%2C+s. "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System" Bibliography] |
*[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&&author=lippincott%2C+s. "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System" Bibliography] |
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*[http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/2033/ Sarah Lee Lippincott Zimmerman, directory page at the IAU] |
*[http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/2033/ Sarah Lee Lippincott Zimmerman, directory page at the IAU] |
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Latest revision as of 00:12, 2 March 2024
Sarah Lee Lippincott | |
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Born | [1] | October 26, 1920
Died | February 28, 2019 Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 98)
Known for | Binary stars |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | Swarthmore College Sproul Observatory |
Sarah Lee Lippincott (October 26, 1920 – February 28, 2019),[2][3] also known as Sarah Lee Lippincott Zimmerman, was an American astronomer. She was professor emerita of astronomy at Swarthmore College and director emerita of the college's Sproul Observatory. [4] She was a pioneer in the use of astrometry to determine the character of binary stars and search for extrasolar planets.
Education
[edit]Lippincott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941 and an Master of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1942.
Life
[edit]Lippincott was born in 1920 and attended college at the University of Pennsylvania College for Women in the 1940s, where she played on the women's basketball team.[5]
After graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, Lippincott attended Swarthmore College, where she worked closely with Peter van de Kamp on many astrometry projects between 1945 and his retirement in 1972, when she became observatory director. She wrote his obituary when he died in 1995.[6]
She was the third wife of Dave Garroway, the founding host of NBC's Today show. Garroway had an active interest in astronomy, and they met on a tour of observatories in the Soviet Union that she was hosting.[7] After Garroway's death by suicide at their home in 1982, she helped establish the Dave Garroway Laboratory for the Study of Depression at the University of Pennsylvania.[8]
She conducted numerous astrometric studies of nearby stars with van de Kamp in the search for extrasolar planets. She reported the discovery of several objects of substellar mass and proposed a 0.01 solar-mass planetary companion to the star Lalande 21185 in 1951. The same proposal of planetary objects was made for a number of other stars, as well.[9] Claims for the smaller planetary objects were never confirmed and gradually have become discredited. However, she was quite successful in using the same techniques for characterizing many binary star systems. Her 1951 calculations of the orbit of the difficult astronomical binary star system Ross 614 were used to successfully find and image the system's secondary star.[10] These calculations were used by Walter Baade to find and optically resolve this binary system for the first time using the then new 5 m (200 in) Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California.[11]
She is listed as professor emerita of astronomy and director emerita of the Sproul Observatory in the 2010 Swarthmore college catalog. She last published astronomy research papers in 1983. In 2009, she attended the dedication ceremony for the new Peter van de Kamp observatory at Swarthmore College.[12]
Lippincott died on February 28, 2019, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.[3]
Honors and awards
[edit]In 1966, she received the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award.[13]
In 1973, she was awarded an honorary doctor of science by Villanova University.[2][14]
In 1976, she was elected to the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania (as Mrs. Christian Zimmerman).[15]
Sample publications
[edit]Books
[edit]Lippincott authored two books, with coauthors:
- Philadelphia: The Unexpected City; with Laurence Lafore; Publisher: Doubleday & Co.; 1st edition (January 1, 1965); ASIN: B002LQQJR4
- Point to the Stars - Revised Edition; with Joseph Maron Joseph; Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company (1967); ASIN: B002BG231A
Papers
[edit]Lippincott published over one hundred papers in her career. These are two typical examples:
- A determination of the parallax and mass-ratio of 6 Equulei by van de Kamp, Peter and Lippincott, Sarah Lee, Astronomical Journal, Volume 51, Page 162 (1945)
- An unseen companion to 36 Ursae Majoris A from analysis of plates taken with the Sproul 61-CM refractor by Lippincott, S. L. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications, Volume 95, Pages 775-777 (1983)
References
[edit]- ^ Who's who in Frontier Science and Technology. Vol. 1. Marquis Who's Who, 1984. 1984. p. 447.
- ^ a b "Swarthmore College Archives, Astronomy Department Records, 1899-1986". Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ a b "Sarah Lee Zimmerman | Kuzo, Foulk, And Cleveland Funeral Homes". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Swarthmore College Faculty and Other Instructional Staff". Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "Yearbook of the College for Women, 1940, University of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ Lippincott, Sarah Lee (December 1995). "Obituary: Peter van de Kamp, 1901-1995". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 27 (4): 1483–1484. Bibcode:1995BAAS...27.1483L.
- ^ "Garroway, first 'Today' host, is dead". St. Petersburg Times. July 22, 1982. Retrieved 2009-06-03. [dead link]
- ^ Lee Lawrence Papers, University of Maryland Libraries, hdl:1903.1/1488
- ^ van de Kamp, P. & Lippincott, S. L. (April 1951). "Astrometric study of Lalande 21185". The Astronomical Journal. 56: 49–50. Bibcode:1951AJ.....56...49V. doi:10.1086/106503.
- ^ Lippincott, S. L. (February 1951). "Parallax and orbit analysis of Ross 614". The Astronomical Journal. 55: 236–242. Bibcode:1951AJ.....55..236L. doi:10.1086/106471.
- ^ George Gatewood; et al. (2003). "An Astrometric Study of the Low-Mass Binary Star Ross 614". The Astronomical Journal. 125 (3): 1530–1536. Bibcode:2003AJ....125.1530G. doi:10.1086/346143.
- ^ Jeffrey Lott (July 2009). "New Peter van de Kamp Observatory Dedicated". Swarthmore College Bulletin. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients, 1966, Sarah Lee Lippincott
- ^ "S. I. Lippincott received the honorary D.Sc. degree by Villanova University in Pennsylvania". Mercury. 2 (3): 15. 1973. Bibcode:1973Mercu...2R..15.
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- ^ "Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-06-03.