Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.
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Cepheid
Synonyms for "cepheid" (11 found)
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8 entriesastronomical descriptorcalibration termdescriptive termdistance measurement descriptorfigurative descriptorscientific adjectivestarstellar object
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7 entriesCepheid-likeclassical Cepheiddistance-calibration orientedfirst overtone Cepheidperiod-luminosity relatedperiodic-liketype II Cepheid
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10 entriesCepheid variableCepheid-based calibrationclassical Cepheiddistance scale calibrationfirst overtone Cepheidgalactic distance scaleperiod luminosity relationpulsation periodstandard candletype II Cepheid
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3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesCepheid variablecepheid-like
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