Kenneth Franklin
American astronomer
Died when: 84 years 85 days (1010 months)Star Sign: Aries
Kenneth Linn Franklin (March 25, 1923 – June 18, 2007) was an American astronomer and educator.Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter, the first detection of signals from another planet.
He was often a local and national media figure including during Apollo 11, the first human mission to the moon, when Franklin was an on-camera astronomy expert for NBC.
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