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Edward Charles Pickering

American astronomer

Lived
1846–1919

Updated September 2026

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About Edward Charles Pickering

Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations.

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