Who First Calibrated the Cepheid Variable Stars for Use in Determining

question 55

Multiple Choice

Who first calibrated the Cepheid variable stars for use in determining distance?

• A)Edwin Hubble
• B)Henrietta Leavitt
• C)Carl Sagan
• D)Harlow Shapley

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