Famous Female Astronomers and Their Discoveries

Caroline Herschel- A pioneering German-British astronomer, Herschel discovered several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet

Maria Mitchell– An American astronomer, Mitchell discovered "Miss Mitchell's Comet" (C/1847 T1) in 1847, earning her international acclaim

Annie Jump Cannon- An American astronomer, Cannon developed the Harvard Classification Scheme, which organizes stars based on their temperatures and spectral types

Henrietta Swan Leavitt-An American astronomer, Leavitt discovered the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variable stars, known as Leavitt's Law

Jocelyn Bell Burnell-A British astrophysicist, Bell Burnell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967 during her postgraduate studies