Fred L. Whipple

1906 – 2004

• A definitive orbit of Apollo (Reinmuth object, 1932 HA)
• Earth, moon and planets
• History of the solar system
• Knowledge and understanding of the physical universe as determinants of man's progress
• New horizons in astronomy
• Oort-cloud and Kuiper-belt comets
• Photographic meteor studies, III. The Taurid shower
• Possible hazards to a satellite vehicle from meteorites
• Prismatic deviation as a function of cosmical orientation
• Scientific proposal for GIOTTO
• Supernovae and stellar collisions
• The collected contributions of Fred L. Whipple