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Julie Vinter Hansen | |
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| Born | Julie Marie Vinter Hansen (1890-07-20)20 July 1890 |
| Died | 27 July 1960(1960-07-27) (aged 70) |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
| Awards | Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy (1940) |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
Julie Marie Vinter Hansen (20 July 1890 – 27 July 1960) was aDanishastronomer. She is the first woman to be obtain a scientific degree in astronomy in Denmark.
Vinter Hansen was born inCopenhagen, Denmark.
While studying at theUniversity of Copenhagen, she was appointed as acomputer at the University's observatory in 1915. She was the first woman to hold an appointment at the University.[1] She was later appointed observatory assistant and, in 1922, observer.
She was a very energetic worker, who, along with her normal work of observing and performing mathematical reductions of observations took on the task of editing theNordisk Astronomisk Tidsskrift (Nordic Astronomy Review).[1]
She later became Director of theInternational Astronomical Union's telegram bureau and Editor of its Circulars.[1]
By 1939, Vinter Hansen was the First Astronomer at the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen, widely known for her accurate computation of orbits ofminor planets andcomets.
In that 1939 she received theTagea Brandt Rejselegat (travel award), given to women that have made big contributions on arts or science. With the award money (DKK 10.000 or 160,000 of actual US $) undertook a tour through the United States to Japan and back. On her return trip in 1940, the outbreak ofWorld War II restricted her homeward journey.
She was awarded aMartin Kellogg Fellowship at theUniversity of California which allowed her to work for a time in the United States. Also in 1940 she was awarded theAnnie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy.
Vinter Hansen was appointedKnight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1956[2] and continued her career at the University of Copenhagen until 1960.
Julie Vinter Hansen died in 1960, from a heart-failure just days before her retirement, in her beloved vacation destination, the Swiss mountain village ofMürren, and was buried in Copenhagen.[3] The minor planet1544 Vinterhansenia, discovered by Finnish astronomerLiisi Oterma in the 1940s, was named in her honour.
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