What Was Henrietta Leavitt's Most Important Contribution to Astronomy

question 5

Multiple Choice

What was Henrietta Leavitt's most important contribution to astronomy?

• A) the spectral typing of stars
• B) the relationship of stellar spectral type to temperature
• C) the period-luminosity relation of Cepheid variables
• D) the discovery of interstellar reddening

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