About Gennady Potapenko
Lived 1894 – 1979 (aged 84–85). Gennady Potapenko was a Russian and American astronomer and physicist.
Gennady Vasilyevich Potapenko (Mar 25, 1894 – June, 1979) was an American radio astronomer of Russian origin.
After the signal discoveries made by Karl Jansky in the mid-1930s, Potapenko (then a Cambridge physicist), along with Caltech physicist Donald Folland and Palomar telescope designer Russell Porter, attempted further researches in 'star static' in 1936. They were able to confirm Jansky's results with a loop antenna, then a single wire, but were unable to secure adequate funding to continue.
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Who was Gennady Potapenko?
American radio astronomer
When was Gennady Potapenko born?
Gennady Potapenko was born on 25 March 1894 in Kimry.
When did Gennady Potapenko die?
Gennady Potapenko died in 1979 in Pasadena.
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Gennady Potapenko was an astronomer and physicist.
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Gennady Potapenko was Russian and American.
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