astronomy

Jessica M. Young

Jessica M. Young is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jessica M. Young rather than just read about it. In short: Jessica May Young Stephens (March 21, 1893 – June 15, 1961) was an American astronomer. She was a professor at Washington University in St.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Jessica May Young Stephens (March 21, 1893 – June 15, 1961) was an American astronomer. She was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis from 1924 to 1958. Her research involved computing the orbits of comets.

Early life and education Young was from Saint Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Louis Charles Young and Lillian Van Arsdale Young. Her mother was a physician and her father worked in a printing business. She had an older sister, Harriett. Young graduated from Yeatman High School. She finished a bachelor's degree at Washington University in 1914, and earned a master's degree in astronomy and physics there in 1915. Her master's thesis was titled "On the cause of the non-appearance of certain periodic comets on their predicted returns." She completed doctoral studies in astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1921, with a dissertation titled "The Galactic Rotation Effect in Open Clusters". She was the fourth woman to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy at Berkeley, after Phoebe Waterman Haas (1913), Anna Estelle Glancy (1913), and Sophia Levy (1920).

Career Young was appointed as a fellow at the Lick Observatory in 1916. She presented a paper at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific meeting in 1916, and published her research in the society's journal. In 1921, she attended the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting held in Toronto, one of the eleven women members present. She began teaching at Washington University in 1920; in 1924, she was appointed assistant professor of mathematics and astronomy. In 1958, she was promoted to the rank of associate professor, and she was the first woman to retire from the faculty as Associate Professor Emeritus. She gave public lectures on astronomy topics, and organized viewing groups on campus for eclipses and other sky events. Late in life, she taught at North Carolina A&M College.

Publications "Notes on the Orbit of the Visual Binary, A 570" (1922) "Section D (Astronomy) of the A.A.A.S. at St. Louis, Missouri" (1936) "A definitive orbit of the visual binary star, OΣ 298" (1939) "Study of the orbits computed for Comet 1889 VI" (1948)

Personal life Young married mathematics professor Eugene Stephens, in 1932. Physicist William Edwards Stephens was Eugene's son from his first marriage. Her husband died in 1957, and she died in 1961, in Haverford, Pennsylvania, at the age of 68.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jessica M. Young

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jessica M. Young claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jessica M. Young before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jessica M. Young ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jessica M. Young

In research: Jessica M. Young appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jessica M. Young in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jessica M. Young is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1893 births, 1961 deaths, 20th-century American people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jessica M. Young outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Jessica M. Young in simple terms?

Jessica May Young Stephens (March 21, 1893 – June 15, 1961) was an American astronomer. She was a professor at Washington University in St.

Why does Jessica M. Young matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jessica M. Young?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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