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Accession 04-183
Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004
Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers, circa 1932-2004
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004 |
| Title: | Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers |
| Dates: | circa 1932-2004 |
| Quantity: | 19.72 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes) (2 5x8 boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 04-183 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906-2004), an astronomer, received the B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1927, and the Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1931. In 1932, he joined the staff of Harvard University as an Instructor of Astronomy. By 1950, Whipple had received the title of Professor and Chairman of the Department of Astronomy at Harvard. Whipple was appointed Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) when it moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1955. After his retirement in 1973, Whipple continued his research as a Senior Scientist at SAO. During his tenure as Director, Whipple oversaw SAO research programs in stellar interiors, the upper atmosphere, meteorites, celestial mechanics, and geodesy studies. Major SAO projects under his direction included the Satellite Tracking Program, Project Celescope, the Radio Meteor Project, and the Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project, also known as the Prairie Network. In the late 1960's, Whipple selected Mount Hopkins, Arizona as the site of a new SAO astronomical facility. Renamed the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in 1981, the facility houses the Multiple-Mirror Telescope (MMT), an innovative, low cost telescope planned by Whipple and two colleagues. Whipple is internationally recognized for his research on the moon, meteors, and comets. He has conducted pioneering research in photographically measuring the speeds and decelerations of meteors, computing the orbits of comets and asteroids, and describing the structure of comets. The papers of Fred Lawrence Whipple document his astronomical research; his professional work in the field of astronomy; and his career as Director of the SAO. They include correspondence with professional colleagues, amateur astronomers, SAO staff scientists, Smithsonian Institution officials, scientific societies and professional groups, government agencies, and Harvard University staff and officials which concerns Whipple's research interests, scientific publications, and editorial work; SAO research projects; Whipple's work for professional organizations and government agencies and committees; SAO relations with the Smithsonian Institution; and his activities at Harvard University and the Harvard College Observatory. Also included are manuscripts of articles, lectures, reviews, and notes from his research; research notes on comets; and a set of Whipple's publications. Researchers should also consult Record Unit 7431, Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers, c. 1927-1983; and Record Unit 9520, Fred Lawrence Whipple Interviews, 1976. |
Historical Note
Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906-2004), an astronomer, received the B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1927, and the Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1931. In 1932, he joined the staff of Harvard University as an Instructor of Astronomy. By 1950, Whipple had received the title of Professor and Chairman of the Department of Astronomy at Harvard. Whipple was appointed Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) when it moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1955. After his retirement in 1973, Whipple continued his research as a Senior Scientist at SAO.
During his tenure as Director, Whipple oversaw SAO research programs in stellar interiors, the upper atmosphere, meteorites, celestial mechanics, and geodesy studies. Major SAO projects under his direction included the Satellite Tracking Program, Project Celescope, the Radio Meteor Project, and the Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project, also known as the Prairie Network. In the late 1960's, Whipple selected Mount Hopkins, Arizona as the site of a new SAO astronomical facility. Renamed the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in 1981, the facility houses the Multiple-Mirror Telescope (MMT), an innovative, low cost telescope planned by Whipple and two colleagues.
Whipple is internationally recognized for his research on the moon, meteors, and comets. He has conducted pioneering research in photographically measuring the speeds and decelerations of meteors, computing the orbits of comets and asteroids, and describing the structure of comets.
Descriptive Entry
The papers of Fred Lawrence Whipple (FLW) document his astronomical research; his professional work in the field of astronomy; and his career as Director of the SAO. They include correspondence with professional colleagues, amateur astronomers, SAO staff scientists, Smithsonian Institution officials, scientific societies and professional groups, government agencies, and Harvard University staff and officials which concerns Whipple's research interests, scientific publications, and editorial work; SAO research projects; Whipple's work for professional organizations and government agencies and committees; SAO relations with the Smithsonian Institution; and his activities at Harvard University and the Harvard College Observatory. Also included are manuscripts of articles, lectures, reviews, and notes from his research; research notes on comets; and a set of Whipple's publications.
Researchers should also consult Record Unit 7431, Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers, c. 1927-1983; and Record Unit 9520, Fred Lawrence Whipple Interviews, 1976.
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Name
- Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
- Harvard College Observatory
- Harvard University
- Mt. Hopkins Observatory
- Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory
- Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory)
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Project Celescope
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Satellite Tracking Program
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Los Angeles
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 04-183, Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers
Container List
Box 1
Personnel Issues, 1957
SAO/Center for Astrophysics (CFA) Historical Information 1 of 2
SAO/CFA Historical Information 2 of 2
Satellite Tracking Program, 1958
Halley History, 1982-1986
SAO Administration, 1958-1988
Comet Humor and Poetry
Comets
Transcripts of FLW Presentations and Writings
Various Reprints for 1960
Photos/Figures, 1
Photos/Figures, 2
EMP Figures
Whipple Art
Photos/Figures
V-2 Panel
Lectures, 1938-1955
Box 2
Lectures, 1956-1958
Lectures, 1959-1968
Lectures, 1968-1978
Lectures, 1978-1993
Posse, 1970
Miscellaneous, 1980-2004
Chapter Figures 1-12
Chapter Figures 13-24
Photos/Figures
Lecture Notes, 1985-1999
Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes, 1959-1965
Lecture Notes, 1950-1959
Box 3
Lecture Notes, 1978-1985
Lecture Notes, 1973-1978
Lecture Notes, 1970-1973
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Writings, 1959-1982
Research, 1965-1976 1 of 2
Research, 1965-1976 2 of 2
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, 1989
Chondrules
Addresses 1 of 2
Addresses 2 of 2
Box 4
Bicycling
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Writings
Medical
Comm. 15 IAU
Comm. 22 IAU
Comm. 21 IAU
Space Program
Sputnik Significance
Historical Sputnik
Satellite Tracking Project
Computation Book
1983d
Models of Cometary Nuclei
Comets, Physical Theory
Radiation & Heat Flow
Rotation Theory
Light Scattering Problems
Comets & Meteors, Perturbations
Properties of Materials (Gases, Solids etc.)
Meteorites
Micro Meteorites
Physical Processes in Comets Huebner with Walter F. Huebner
Scientific Papers 1
Scientific Papers 2
Scientific Papers 3
Scientific Papers 4
Pallas
Box 5
Minor Bodies
Research Notes
Comets: Data, Problems and Objectives, 1974
UFO's
Heidelberg Dust Paper, 1975
Moon-Dust
Comet Splitting, Robert Stefanik
Meteoritic Complex (on maintaining the)
Research Ideas
Physics of Dust
Moon Origin
SI Staff Photos
S-W-I Write Up
On the Nature & Origin of Comets and their Contributes to the Planets
Cometary Decay
History of the Earth
On the Brightness Variations etc. of Comets
Three Comet Problems
Apollo Asteroids Mars-Cr.
Meteor Data
Chondrules
Cometary Nucleus on the Structure of
P/Schw-Wach 1
FLW & Salal Hamid
Chez Whipple
WWS
Brooks/Coles Pub.
Criticism Mystery of Comets
Comets Historical
Corrections MOC
Comet Book
Myst. Comet Corrections
Tan-O-Meter
Japan
Harvard Reunion
Space Travel
90th Birthday
Daniel Malaise
Box 6
Encke-Hamid
Encke Search
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1970-1990
Evolution of Solar System
Robert Goebel
Palmer, P.S.
Ellyett, C.D.
Fisher, Willard James
Sci Fi
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1955-2002
Taurid Complex
For Amat (CAN'T READ)
Impacts
Climate-Weather
Life
Articles and Papers
Rampino
High Energies
Whatever
Man on Earth
Greenhouse & Ozone
K/T Summaries Whipple
The Constitution of Cometary Nuclei - for American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting 6/1977 Atlanta, GA
Occidental Col. 1977
A Speculation about Comets and the Earth - 1976 - Liege Symposium
Background of Modern Comet Theory for Nature -- May 1976
1976 Const. Comet Nue
Sources of Interplanetary Dust 1976 Heidelberg Germany - CFA Reprint
THE STATUS OF COMETARY SCIENCE, Cometary Science Conference, November 1976, Huntsville, Ala.
A SUGGESTION REGARDING THE CALCULATION OF THE "AGES" OF COMETS, August 1976
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMETARY NUCL. IAU - France, 1976
August
Nucleus Study Comets II, 1976
COMET KOHOUTEK IN RETROSPECT American Philosophical Society 1976
COMET FORMATION INDUCED BY THE SOLAR WIND -- IAU No. 25, 1976-1977
PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN COMETS -- 1976
MOONWATCH 1975
Comments-Dusty Universe
A REVIEW OF NEAR-TERM COMETARY MISSION PLANNING - JPL - 4/8/75
PERSPECTIVES-Past, Present and Future. IN MAN & COSMOS 1975
DO COMETS PLAY A ROLE - y-ray, 1975
Box 7
Fred L. Whipple 1970-1976
The Nucleus: Comments IAU No. 25 1976
Minor Bodies and Satellites Seminar on Planetary Exploration 12/13
On the Splitting of Comets DPS Meeting, April 1974
Birth and Death of a Comet 1974
Comets by Solar-Wind .1974, Abstract with M. Lecar IAU 25, GSFC, Symposium
Perspectives 1974 In Man & Cosmos by Cornell & Hayes
THE NATURE OF COMETS --Scientific American, February 1974
1985
Holmes 1984
NO NAME
Present Status of Iey Cong. Model
For P/Halley 1982
Comets, Nature, Evolution & Decay 1983
Evolution 1982
Achievements in Space 1982
ROTATION OF COMET NUCLEI Tucson, AZ March 1981
IAU Abstract, Dr. Donn 1981
Nature of C's 1981
TRIUMPHS OF SPACE EXPLORATION 6/19/81
Notes on P/Halley Nucleus Estec (ESA) N. The Netherlands 1981
Obs Comets for Nuc. Rot 1981
Obs. Comets 1981, Workshop 1980
Things from Space (Dial 198)
WHERE DID THE CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY ASTEROID FALL? - Science -- 1980
ROTATION & OUTBURSTS OF COMET P/S-WI--AAS, Austin, TX January 78
ROTATION OF "NEW" & YOUNG COMET NUCLEI -- 1980
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM FOR Proof & Prediction Lectures
ON OBSERVING COMETS FOR NUCLEAR ROTATION -- October 1980
SPINNING COMETS (or) GYRATION OF A SPINNING COMET NUCLEUS 1979 for Scientific American
Rot S-W-1, 1980
Rot. P/Halley 1980
THE COSMOGONY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BY F. Hoyle -- Book Rev. 1979
REMINISCENCES OF THE SPACE AGE for Galileo -- 1979
COMET ENCKE: PRESESSION OF THE SPIN AXIS, ..... (w/Sekanina) 79
ON THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF COMETS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANETS 1978
COMETARY BRIGHTNESS VARIATION AND NUCLEUS STRUCTURE -- July 1978
THE EARTH AS A PART OF THE UNIVERSE ANN. Rev. of Earth & Planetary Science Vol. 6 1978
THE ROTATION PERIOD OF COMET DONATI Letter for Nature -- January 1978
C- Nuc 1978
Comets in Cosmic Dust 1978
STRUCTURE OF THE COMETARY NUCLEUS -- for Workshop on Experimental Approaches to Comets - Houston, TX 9/11-13, 1978
STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF THE COMETARY NUCLEUS (For IAU Report - 1978)
REALITY OF COMET GROUPS AND PAIRS -- Icarus version (1977)
Transcription of Talk for Symposium on Space Missions to Comets -- October 1977
Box 8
Krakatan Volcanic Eruptions - Miscellaneous
A
B
C
D
E
G
H
I
K
M
OP
QR
Seyfert
S
T
UV
K-T Volcanoes
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Paper
Astroblemes
Lunar
Lunar/Cratering
Craters
Vol. III
MPC
Prizes
Paper
Medicine
For a CAN'T READ
NEAR
CONTOUR
Contour
Stardust
200th Congress Library
Heir letters
Jenasol
Trimble Reviews
History
Meteor Bumper
PRIVATE COLLECTION OF Dr. Fred L. Whipple LESS TECHNICAL
Odds & Ends
MMT Trip
SI
S
Box 9
South Africa
Physics
T
Time-Life
Tougas
UCLA
UV
Voice of America, U.S.I.A. (United States Information Agency), John Bluck (NASA)
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W
FLW CHRONOLOGY
FLW--Quotes About
WISDOM, Hall of Fame
WHO'S WHO
XYZ
Boulder Ball, August 26-29, '87
Travel SI-NASA
FLW Travel 1987 JPL
F.L.W. Travel - Wash. 3/26/86
Travel 1986
Brussels '86
West Germany, Wash. Lunch '85
JP2 '84
July 14-18 '83 (Ball Boulder)
Old Travel
FAN MAIL Signatures
Academy Astronomy
Astronomical Society of Old Crows 1985
American Academy of Arts & Science
A.A.A.S.
American Astronomical Society
A.G.U.
American Tentative Society
APS Royal Astronomical Society
A.J.
Astroph. J
ASP
A
BBC - TV (Nesbit)
B
C
Center for Astrophysics
Cosmos Club
D
E
F
Box 10
G
GBF Search Committee for Director
H
P/Halley
Hughes
Harvard University
Harvard University Press Howard Boyer
B.V.C. Harpur Halley's Comet Society
ICARUS
International Academy of Astronomy
I
International Academy of Astronomy
J
Keller
K
Comet Kohoutek
L
Meteorite Discussion Group
M
National Academy Science
National Geographic
National Space Society
N.A.S.A.
Nova
NAS
N
O
P.A.S.P.
Pergamon Press & Maxwells
Planetary Society
P
Passport Date of Parents (?)
Ted Pedas Cruise Halley's Comet
QR
Ast. 245 Material
Comet Arend - Roland Tail
Heat Transfer
Meteorite Risk
Split Meteors
M Train Theory
Meteors
Phobos & Jup. V
Roy Moon
Orr Met's & Penetration
Evasian, Meteorite
On the Masses of Meteoroids
On Brightness Changes on Comets, Write-up
Comet Magazine & Sunspots
1/a in Comet Orbits
Meteor Symposium, August 1961
Box 11
Conferences and Symposia 1 of 2
Conferences and Symposia 2 of 2
Meeting
Ripley
Deleted from FLWS Col. Contr.
Space Hall of Fame
"The Dusty Universe" Symposium, 1973
R.A.S. Gold Medal, March 11
Letters for FLW
So. Africa File
Day Book, 1941 and Notebooks
Christmas Card Lists
Evolution Symposium, 1962
Kuiper Belt Lecture
AOA-2 - 1000 Days Achievement Plaque
Awards and Certificates
University of Arizona - Doctor of Science Plaque and Degree
Northeastern University Doctor of Letters Degree
Hist. Solar System 1960
Outstanding Events at SAO as of July 1, 1960 F.L. Whipple. For SI Annual Report
Research fundamental to the Space Program F.L. Whipple. House Comm. on Space and Astronautics - 6/1/60
Whipple, Fred L. 22a. Sub-commission on Meteorites; Report for 1958-1960. Also Report on Meteor Work 1958-1960
Meteoric Evidence Concerning Corpuscular Radiation. FL Whipple Aeronomy Symposium, Copenhagen, July 1960
Satellite Nomenclature. FL Whipple May 5, 1960
Whipple, F.L. Meteoritic Material in Space School of Aviation Medicine Texas. November 1960
New Bld. HCO 1960 FLW DHM
Proposed Stellar and Interstellar Survey. F.L. Whipple Read at AAS Meeting Cleveland, Ohio December 1959. Appeared AJ June 1960
Solid Particles in the Solar System F.L. Whipple. National Academy of Sciences Meeting
Calculation of erosion in space from cosmic-ray exposure ages of meteorites Whipple and Fireman. 1959
Whipple, Fred L., On the Lunar Dust Layer 1959
Meteors (Handbuch) Whipple and Hawkins
Fundamental Problems in Predicting Positions of Art. Satellites (1959)
Man into Space. Whipple, F.L. 1959
Astronomical telescope in space. Davis-Whipple-Whitney 1959
SHRINKING SPACE. Commencement Address at Northeastern University, June 1961. F.L. Whipple
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS - Les Spectres des Astres dans L'ultraviolet Lointain - July 1960 Liege -- Publ. 1961
Whipple, Fred L. PARTICULATE CONTENTS OF SPACE. 1961 October 24, 1960 School of Aviation Medicine, Texas
PROBLEMS OF THE COMETARY NUCLEUS. Fred L. Whipple. Comet Symposium, Nantucket, June 1961. To appear AJ
Experience in Precision Optical Tracking of Satellites for Geodesy. by Geo. Veis and F.L. Whipple Read at COSPAR Meeting in Florence, Italy on April 11, 1961
PRECISION ORBITS OF 413 PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS. L.G. Jacchia and F.L. Whipple. SCA 4-4, 1961
DUST HALO Space World, l, 1961
Dust Cloud about the Earth. F.L. Whipple 12/1/60
Whipple, Fred L. THE EARTH'S DUST BELT American Astronautical Society, Dallas, Texas 1/18/61
Box 12
NOTE ON THE NUMBER AND ORIGIN OF APOLLO ASTEROIDS January 1973
ON THE GROWTH OF THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM -- IAU Sydney--August 1973
Small Bodies of the Solar Sys. Bloenifontein 1972
WHY MISSIONS TO COMETS AND ASEROIDS? October 1972
Comet Nucleus Models G.P.K. & E Roemey 1972
THE STRANGE CASE OF PALLAS (w/Lecar and Franklin) Presented at 1972 AGU Annual Meeting, Wash. DC, April 1972
SELECTION OF ASTRONOMY EXPERIMENTS FOR SPACE AAAS Meeting December 27, 1971 (1972
Plasma to Planet 1972
INCENTIVE OF A BOLD HYPOTHESIS--HYPERBOLIC METEORS AND COMETS (to be published in Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences) Presented at Int. Conference on Education in & History of Modern Astronomy. The Minnaert Memorial Conference NY., NY August 31, 1971 (1972)
A SEARCH FOR COMET ENCKE IN ANCIENT CHINESE RECORDS=A PROGRESS REPORT Presented IAU Symposium #45 Leningrad, August 1970 (1972)
SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY &L & 72 Bull AAS
SAO 1972
FOREWORD for Proceedings of Institute, Univ. of Texas at El Paso -- 1971
RADIAL PRESSURE IN THE SOLAR NEBULA AS AFFECTING THE MOTIONS OF PLANETESIMALS Presented: I.A.U. Colloquium #13, Albany, NY 14-18 June 1971
Presentation to S. Chandrasekhar April 1971
ON CERTAIN AERODYNAMIC PROCESSES FOR ASTEROIDS AND COMETS Presented at Nobel Symposium #21 "From Plasma to Planet,"SALtsjobaden, Sweden September 6-10, 1971
ON THE AMOUNT OF DUST IN THE ASTEROID BELT (Whipple) Asteroid Symposium March 1971
BOOK REVIEW--"Meteorite Research" ed P. M. Millman -- 1971
ACCUMULATION OF CHONDRULES ON ASTEROIDS (Proceedings of Asteroid Colloquium) 1971
REASONS FOR STUDIES OF COMETS AND ASTEROIDS 1971
EARTH MOON & PLAN.
AERODYNAMIC PROCESSES FOR SELECTIVELY ACCUMULATING CHONDRULES -- December 1970 Abstract Meteoritics
NOTES ON SMITHSONIAN'S POSSIBLE NEXT FEW DECADES (July 1970)
The Family of the Sun 1970
SI 1970
NEAR-earth LYMAN-ALPHA RADIATION OBSERVED FROM OAO -- AGU, Wash. DC, April 21-25, 1969
SPACE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS -- Presented at Astronautics International Symposium, November 1969
TABULAR PLANETARY POSITIONS FROM 500 B.C. TO A.D. (1968)
ON SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS (Fred L. Whipple) February 1969
A RADIO TELESCOPE & THE HEILIGENSCHEIN (S&T 1969)
SCIENTIFIC USES OF THE LARGE SPACEL TELESCOPE 1969
E. OPIK'S RESEARCH ON COMETS (for IAJ special Opik issue) November 1968
THE INFLUENCE OF A COMET BELT BEYOND NEPTUNE ON THE MOTIONS OF PERIODIC COMETS (w/Hamid and Marsden) July 1968
FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES RESULTING FROM THE SPACE PROGRAM (Bioastronautics Symposium San Antonio Texas 6/68)
ORIGINS OF METEORITIC MATERIAL 1968
METEOR DYNAMICS (Comments/Summary of discussion Meteor Symposium Tatranska, Czech) 1968
NEW SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM, TO BE PRESENTED 9th An. Symposium on Space Medicine New York, New York 12 February 68
LASER TRACKING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (COSPAR, TOKYO, JAPAN) May 1968
METEOR DYNAMICS IN PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS OF METEORS -- IAU Symposium NO. 33 1968
1968 Leonardo
DTOCHASTIC PAINTING (Leonardo, 1967)
LANGLEY MEDAL PRES.
COMMISSION 15 "Comets" (1967)
ACQUISITION OF OPTICAL DATA FOR GEODETIC SATELLITE PROGRAMS, Am Geophys Union
ON MAINTAINING THE METEORITIC COMPLEX -- Fred L. Whipple Hawaii Meeting (ZLIM) Jan 1967
THE CALL OF SPACE (F.L. Whipple) Dedication of Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center, May 4, 1967
TRACKING BY THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (with Lundquist) Presented at Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Orbital Anal. 10/66
THE METEORITIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE MOON 1967 (Presented Royal Society Meeting, London - June 1965)
Origins of Meteoritic Material 1967
PRE-TYPE I CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES? (Submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta -- 8/67)
Opt. Data for Geodetic Satellite 1967
ON THE SATELLITE GEODESY PROGRAM AT THE SAO (Presentation-COSPAR, Vienna -- May 1966)
BEFORE TYPE I CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES? To be presented Meteoritical Society Meeting Washington, D.C. 3-5 November 1966
A SUGGESTION AS TO THE ORIGIN OF CHONDRULES FLW To be published: SCIENCE (1966)
SAO 1966
Splittmo of Comets 1966
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE AS DETERMINANTS OF MAN'S PROGRESS Bicentennial Scholarly Discussion September 1965
ON THE PHYSICS AND SPLITTING OF COMETARY NUCLEI (With Robert P. Stefanik) Presented at 13th Int. Astrophysical Symposium, Universite de Liego, Belgium July 1965
SECULAR CHANGES IN PERIODIC COMETS (with Diarmaid H. Douglas-Hamilton) Presented at 13th Int. Astrophysical Symposium, Universite de Liege, Belgium July 1965
MEASURING THE EARTH BY SATELLITES Whipple and Veis Bild der Wissenschaft, May 1965
COMETS (presented AAS, Denver, Colo. - February 1965)
ON LUNAR INFRARED & RADIO RADIATION , A THEORETICAL STUDY Bjatnagar - Whipple 1964
THE HISTORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Centennial lecture for NAS, October 21, 1963, Wash., DC (SPACE SCIENCE Jan 64)
METEOROIDS AND DUST. 3rd Intl. Symposium on Physics and Medicine of the Atmosphere and Space, San Antonio, Tex. November 16, 1964
EVIDENCE FOR A COMET BEYOND NEPTUNE. Partial longer version of "The History of the Solar System" published in Proceedings of the NAS, June 1964. Abstract also in A.J. for June 1964 Meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona
ON BRIGHTNESS CHANGES IN COMETS. American Astron. Society, December 26, 1963. Washington, DC H.J. 1964 F.L. Whipple
DISINTEGRATING COMETS Sky & Telescope, March 1964
OBSERVATION OF A SOLAR TYPE RADIO BURST FM A FLARE STAR Nature, March 1964
DUST AND ROCKS IN SPACE. Digest of remarks at meeting of Harvard Club of New York, May 8, 1963
RADIO EMISSION FROM FLARE STARS. With Sir Bernard Lovell and Leonard Solomon. NATURE 198,4877,pp 228-30, April 20, 1963
METEORITIC EROSION IN SPACE. F.L. Whipple. Symposium on Physics and Astronomy of Meteors, Cambridge, Mass. Aug-Sept 1961
ON METEOROIDS AND PENETRATION (Digest Version) American Astronautical Society Meeting Los Angeles January 17, 1963 F. L. Whipple
METEOROIDS AND THEIR HAZARD TO SPACE VEHICLES. Talk at Grumman Aircraft Co., December 10, 1963 F.L. Whipple
REPORT TO REGENTS ON EVENTS AT SAO FROM JULY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1963
JULY 2063, Predictions for Fred L. Whipple
President's Award 1963
Box 13
ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMETARY NUCLEUS. For Kuiper's Solar System
The Earth's Dust Belt 1962
VARIOUS REPRINTS FOR 1962 (single copies)
REPORT ON THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY - July 1 to December 31, 1962
STATEMENT BY FRED L. WHIPPLE for Sub-Committee on Patents, Committee on Science and Astronautics, January 31, 1962
DUST AND METEORITES. F.L. Whipple. ARS Meeting New York City, October 12, 1961
ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEMIMAJOR AXES AMONG COMET ORBITS. F.L. Whipple. Submitted to AJ October 9, 1961
OWED TO HOWARD MUMFORD JONES ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY. F.L. Whipple. April 16, 1962
HALF-BAKED IDEAS -- Taste Differences. Survival and Evolution under Water. F.L. Whipple, June 1961
SPACE, TIME AND MAN-1962. Commencement Address at CW Post College of Long Island Univ. - June 16, 1962 F.L. Whipple
BUMPERS FOR SPACESHIPS. In Popular Mechanics, March 1962. F.L. Whipple
GEODETIC SATELLITES. Statement before the Committee On Science and Astronautics, May 16, 1962. F.L. Whipple
MAPPING AND GEODETIC SATELLITE PROGRAM for Committee on Science and Astronautics Meeting March 21, 1962 FLW
REPORT ON EVENTS AT SAO JULY 1, 1961 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1961. (For Regents' Meeting, 1/24/62)
House Comm. 1962
Catalogues
P/Halley Photos
P/Holmes
Cameras Meteor
Asteroid
Celescope
Chaff World War II
Color
Comet Diagram (Miscellaneous)
View - Graphs CRAF & others (color)
Comets
V-G Light Curves
Trains Photos
Diagrams
V-G Shapes & Comet Nucleus
V-G Lectures
V.G. Data on Comets
Graphs & Tables
Evolution
Comet Missions
Earth - Space
Artificial Gas Clouds
Geophysics
Historical
Instruments Photos
Mars
Meteorites Photos
Met. Cameras
Meteors
Donati Drawings
Miscellaneous
Moon
Moon - Special (Apollo's Luna-9)
Moon - Craters
Box 14
Moon-Far Side
Moon-Highlands
Moon-Maria
Moon Ranger VII
Interplanetary
Met. Spectra Photos
Moon Surveyor I
Moon Surveyors V, VI, VII
Mt. Hopkins & Observatories
Nebulae
Rockets & Satellites
Radio Ast.
Radio Meteors
Sun
Tektites & Particles
Sat. Cameras Photos
Spectra
Stars
Finland
View Graphs & Comments
Research Notes
Comet Flux
New Comets Groups & Axes
Relevant to Comet Origin & Aging
High or 15LPL200 Comets
Ecliptic Crossings
Astronomical Conference - Met Novara Italy June 14-18, 1993
Comet Belt
P/Encke
P/Sch-Wach 38
P/Faye 8
P/Forbes 8
P/Kowal 2
P/Chur-Ger 8
P/Brooks 2
P/Holmes 8
Grant Proposals
Kozai-Cop
Holmes 1892 IV
TEBBUTT 1861 II
Coggia 1874 III
Swift - Tuttle 1862 III
C/IRAS - A 1983d
Donati
Box 15
STAB EEORB
Notes taken by F.L.W.
Heidelberg June 10-13
Huntsville - Comets
A Speculation about Comets - E
Halley Articles
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Prismatic Deviation as a Function of Cosmical Orientation - 1936
NOTE ON COMET d 1929 -- Publ. Astronomical Society Pacific -- 1930
NOTES ON VARIOUS COMETS Publ. Astronomical Society Pacific -- 1928
HCO BULLETINS/CIRCULARS 1932-37
THE ORBIT OF PLUTO Publ. Astronomical Society Pacific -- 1930
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF NOVA HERCULIS IN ITS INTERMEDIATE STAGES Harvard corcular 433 1939
Upper Atmospheric Densities and Temperatures from Meteor Observations 1939
On the Physical Characteristics and Origin of the Supernovae 1939
Supernovae and Stellar Collisions 1939
MERCURY HYPERSENSITIZATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES (1938) Harvard College Bull 907 p 36-38
PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR STUDIES, I Proceedings of American Philosophical Society -- 1938
SINGLE COPIES--VARIOUS PREPRINTS/REPRINTS - 1935-1938
On the Origin of Interstellar Radio Disturbances 1937
The Comets of 1937
A DEFINITIVE ORBIT OF APOLLO (REINMUTH OBJECT, 1932 HA) Harvard Annuls 105 1937
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Round the World Trip FLW BSW 1958
VARIOUS REPRINTS FOR 1958 (single copies)
Notes on immediate feasibility of orbiting astronomical telescope. Whipple, F.L.
Notes on Comets, Meteor and Planetary evolution, Whipple, F.L.
A COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE FOR 1958 Westinghouse Conference, Baltimore March 1958
Astronomy and Space Operations. F.L. Whipple ONR, Wash., D.C. May 1958
On the Brink of Space '58
Coming Exploration in Space. F.L. Whipple '58
OPTICAL TRACKING OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES (Proceedings American Philosophical Society; and Science - 1958)
OPTICAL OBSERVATION AND ORBIT COMPUTATION PROGRAM Draft fr. Inst. Aer. Sce.
Orbit Accuracy and Ranges from Ground-base Optical Tracking. Whipple
IGY Optical Satellite Tracking Program as source of geodetic inform Whipple-Hynek
Hawkins, G.S. and Whipple, F.L. THE WIDTH OF METEOR TRAILS
THE METEORITIC RISK TO SPACE VEHICLES Int. Astron. Congress 1958
F.L. Whipple, J.A. Hynek Optical and Visual Tracking of Artificial Satellites
Meteors. Whipple
Whipple, F.L. Security Classification
VARIOUS PREPRINTS/REPRINTS FOR 1957 (single copies)
Whipple: Summary of Panel on Environment and Measurements
INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE OBSERVATION OF THE ICY SATELLITES - WHIPPLE, HYNEK
SOME PROBLEMS OF METEOR ASTRONOMY, FL Whipple. IAU Symposium No. 4, Radio Astronomy, 1957
PHOTOGRAPHIC - AQUARID METEORS AND EVIDENCE FOR THE NORTHERN AQUARIDS Astron. Jn;. September 1957
WHIPPLE, F.L. Observations of Satellite I '57
THE SUNWARD TAIL OF COMET AREND-ROLAND. FL Whipple. NATURE, Vol. 179, p. 1240 only. June 15, 1957
Whipple: Comments on the Sunward Tail of Comet Arend-Roland
Whipple: Exploring the Upper Atmosphere (from THINK)
The Orbits of 308 Meteors Photographed with Super=Schmidt Cameras (w/Jacchia) Astron. Jnl., February 1957
A RESEARCH PROGRAM BASED ON THE OPTICAL TRACKING OF ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES - WHIPPLE, HYNEK 1956
Time Available for Optical Observation of an Earth Satellite - Zirker, Whipple, & Davis
Orbit of a Small Earth Satellite - Davis, Whipple & Zirker
Whipple and Hawkins: Meteors and Rainfall
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MOONTRACKING Saturday Review September 1956
THE HARVARD RADIO METEOR PROGRAM (1956)
METEORS Smithsonian Contr. to Astro. Vol. 1, No. 1 p. 83
THE HARVARD PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR PROGRAMME Vistas in Astron. 1956
Whipple: The Scientific Value of Artificial Satellites
ASTRONOMY FROM THE SPACE STATION SKY & TEL. 1953
IS THERE LIFE ON MARS? Collier's 1954
ON THE MOTIONS OF 64 LONG-PERIOD COMETS by S.E. Hamid and F.L. Whipple Harvard Reprint Series II - 48
On the Origin of the Zodiacal Particles - Abstract
Origin of the Zodiacal Cloud - Abstract F.L. Whipple
On Meteor Luminosity and Ionization - Abstract F.L. Whipple
A COMET MODEL. III. THE ZODIACAL LIGHT by Fred L. Whipple, Reprinted for private circulation from THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 121, No. 3, May 1955
Photographic of Capricornid Meteors - Wright, Jacchia & Whipple
METEORS (1955)
THE PHYSICAL THEORY OF METEORS. VII. ON METEOR LUMINOSITY AND IONIZATION by Fred L. Whipple (Harvard Reprint 400)
ON THE VELOCITIES AND ORBITS OF METEORS, FIREBALLS AND METEORITES "Meteors (A Symposium on Meteor Physics): Special Supplement (Vol. 2) to J. Atmosph. Terr. Phys. (1955) by Fred L. Whipple and Robert F. Hughes, Harvard College Observatory
THE CASE FOR H20 CLOUDS ON VENUS by Donald H. Menzel and Fred L. Whipple, Harvard Coll. Obs. Reprinted from the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Vol. 67, No. 396) June 1955
EXPERIENCES WITH THE BAKER SUPER-SCHMIDT METEOR CAMERAS 1954
ACCRETION OF MATTER BY A SATELLITE by Prabhu L. Bhatnagar and Fred L. Whipple (Harvard Reprint Series II - 56) "ON THE SECULAR ACCELERATIONS OF PHOBOS AND JUPITER V" by Frank J. Kerr and Fred L. Whipple
Density, pressure and temperature 1954
"Photographic Meteor Orbits and their Distribution in Space" by Fred L. Whipple (Harvard Reprint Series II-65)
METEOR STREAM-WIDTHS AND RADIANT DEVIATIONS by Fred L. Whipple and Frances W. Wright (Harvard Reprint 398) 1954
HIGH-ALTITUDE WINDS BY METEOR-TRAIN PHOTOGRAPHY, William Liller and Fred L. Whipple (Harvard Reprint Series II-62) 1954
WHY CONQUER SPACE? Astronautics V. 1, Fall 1954
Evidence for Winds in the Outer Atmosphere F.L. Whipple 1954
PHOTOGRAPHIC-AQUARID METEORS by Frances W. Wright, Luigi G. Jacchia and Fred L. Whipple (Harvard Reprint Series II-67) 1954
I.A.U. COMMISSION 22 REPORT - METEORS, ZODIACAL LIGHT AND ANALOGOUS PROGLEMS - 1954
ON THE ICY CONGLOMERATE MODEL FOR COMETS (Harvard Reprint 374) 1953
PRESSURES, DENSITIES, AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE by Rocket Panel 1952
"Winds in the Upper Atmosphere by Meteor-Train Photography" by Fred L. 953
On the Origin of the Taurid Meteor Streams - F.L. Whipple and Salah Hamid 1953
EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUE FOR MODELING SPHERICALLY-CURVED FILM 1952
Results of Rocket and Meteor Research, Fred L. Whipple 1952 (Harvard Reprint Series II-40)
Exploration of the Upper Atmosphere by Meteoritic Techniques 1952
ON METEOR MASSES AND DENSITIES -- 1952
METEORITIC PHENOMENA AND METEORITES The Physics & Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere pp137-170, 1952
COMETS AND THE ZODIACAL LIGHT - 1951
Meteor Observations and their Interpretation - Trans, American Geophysical Union - October 1951 REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROBLEMS OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
THE BAKER SUPER-SCHMIDT METEOR CAMERAS Astron. Journal 1951
THE MARTIAN MANUSCRIPT Popular Astronomy, 59, pp 62-65, 1951
The Physical Theory of Meteors II Astroballistic Heat Transfer, Thomas and Whipple 1951 (Harvard Reprint 355)
Astroballistic Heat Transfer - R.N. Thomas & F.L.W.
COMETS. Fred L. Whipple. Scientific American, Vol. 185, No. 1, pp. 22-6, July 1951
Meteors as Probes of the Upper Atmosphere, Fred L. Whipple
A COMET MODEL. II. PHYSICAL RELATIONS FOR COMETS AND METEORS. Fred L. Whipple. AJ.Vo.113(3) May 1951
VARIOUS REPRINTS/ PREPRINTS 1950 -- single copies
The Theory of Micro-Meteorites Part I and Part II (Harvard Reprint 343) 1950
ON THE ORIGIN OF PLANETS AND COMETS (Abstract) Science, 1950
A COMET MODEL. I. THE ACCELERATION OF COMET ENCKE by Fred L. Whipple. AJ Vol. 111(2) March 1950
The Poynting - Robertson Effect on Meteor Orbits
VARIOUS PREPRINTS 1948-1949 - Single Copies
The Polar Axis Adjustment of Photographic Telescopes (Harvard Reprint 326)
The Harvard Photographic Meteor Program (Harvard Reprint 319)
Periodic Heat Transfer by Radiation through Layers in a Vacuum - Whipple and Gadd
An Upper Limit to the Electron Density Near the Earth's Orbit (Harvard Reprint 324)
Seasonal Variations in the Density of the Upper Atmosphere, Whipple, Jacchia and Kopal (THE ATMOSPHERES OF THE EARTH & PLANETS)
COMETS, METEORS AND THE INTERPLANETARY COMPLEX (Astron. Journ. 54. 1949
THE DUST CLOUD HYPOTHESIS Scientific American, 178, 1948
METEORS AND THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE Gentennial Symposia, 1948
METEORITES AND SPACE TRAVEL. F.L. Whipple. AJ 52, 1161, p. 131 only, 1947
METEOR PROBLEMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PERSEIDS Sky and Telescope, 1947
Photographic Meteor Studies IV, The Geminid Shower 1947 (Harvard Reprint Series II-16)
A Photographic Study of the Perseid Meteor Shower (Abstract) Meteors & Meteorites 1947
POSSIBLE HAZARDS TO A SATELLITE VEHICLE FROM METEORITES (46)
Meteors and the Earth's Upper Atmosphere (Harvard Reprint Series II-6) 1943
Another Stellar Explosion 1943
Dedication of the National Observatory in Mexico 1942
Concentrations of the Interstellar Medium 1946 (Harvard Reprint 283)
The Limiting Magnitude of Photographic Telescopes 1942 (Harvard Reprint 233)
Theoretical Synthesis of Supernova Spectra 1941 (Harvard Reprint 223)
SYNTHETIC SPECTRA FOR SUPERNOVA Proceedings of NAS -- 1940
Preliminary Observations of Nova Monocerotis 1939 Publ. American Astron. Society, 10, 1940
VARIOUS REPRINTS/PREPRINTS - Single Copies - 1939-1940
PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR STUDIES. III. THE TAURID SHOWER Proceedings of American Philo. Society -- 1940
Photographic Meteor Studies II & III, Non-Linear Trails (Harvard Reprint 200)
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Note on the Structure of Comet Nuclei 1998
Ages & Correlations
On the Aging of Comets
The Dilemma of the New-Comet Flux
Abstracts F.L.W., R.S. Minn. AAS
A Home on the Range
1992 UFO's
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Activities of Comets Related to their Aging and Origin
A Volatility Index for Comets
A New Activity Index for Comets
Review P/Holley 1991, Physics Today
The Forest and the Trees 1991
1990
Comets in the Space Age 1989
FLW 1989
Joint Papers F.L.W. 1988
1988-1989 Abstracts
The Black Heart of Comet Halley
Various Joint Papers F.L.W. 1989
The Cometary Nuc. Current Concepts
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Comparison of Active Regions on Comet Halley
A Review of Cometary Science
Cometary Nuclear Current Concepts 1986
News From Visits to Halley's Comet Rog. Society 1986
Estab. ESA-SP-250 Heidelberg
Nature
Discovering the Nature of Comets
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