Marie Paris Pismis de Recillas, Turkish-born Mexican astronomer (Ortaköy Village, Besiktas District, Istanbul 30 January 1911 – Ciudad de Mexico 01 August 1999) Nee Mari Sukiasyan of Armenian descent Authored over 120 papers Gained international recognition for her
studies on ionized nebulae kinematics Carried out some of the first photometric
observations of young stellar clusters Discovered the reason for the waves of spiral galaxies
rotation curves based on different stellar populations (1960s) Explained the structure of spiral galaxies Demonstrated that period-luminosity
relationship of RR Lyra variable stars in M3 was distinct from Cepheids stars
(1940s) Suggested the existence of Mildly Active
Galactic Nuclei Proposed an
unified theory of central nuclear activity in galaxies |
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