Kent Ford (astronomer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American astronomer
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1931
Place of Birth: Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Kent Ford (astronomer)
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- [William] Kent Ford, Jr.
- (born 1931) is an astronomer involved with the theory of dark matter.
- He worked with scientist Vera Rubin, who used his advanced spectrometer in her studies of space and matter.
- This spectrometer allowed the pair to drastically change the way dark matter was viewed, by analyzing the various spectrums of light galaxies give off in different parts of their spirals.
- He received the 1985 James Craig Watson Medal for his work on image enhancement and galactic dynamics.
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