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Leavitt law

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Etymology

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Discovered in 1908 by Henrietta Swan Leavitt.

Proper noun

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the Leavitt law

  1. (astronomy) The relationship of direct proportionality between the luminosity of pulsating variable stars and their pulsation periods.
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