Annie Jump Cannon
Classified the stars
American astronomer (1863-1941), 'census taker of the sky.'
One of the Harvard 'computers,' she hand-classified around 350,000 stars — more than anyone in history — and devised the stellar system (O, B, A, F, G, K, M) still used today. She did it nearly deaf, and at remarkable speed.
Famous for
- Harvard stellar classification system
- Classified ~350,000 stars
- Annie Jump Cannon Award namesake
In Rubicon
Annie Jump Cannon is one of the historical characters you can play as in Rubicon, a trivia game where you answer in your own words and an AI judge reads what you meant. Annie Jump Cannon is filed under Earth & Space, and is strongest at Earth & Space.
Others in Earth & Space
- Claudius Ptolemy — Ancient astronomer + geographer
- Caroline Herschel — First paid female astronomer
- Maria Mitchell — First American woman astronomer
- Tycho Brahe — Master of the naked-eye sky
- Eratosthenes of Cyrene — Measured the Earth