Kenneth Franklin
Kenneth L. Franklin | |
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Franklin in the 1960s | |
| Born | March 25, 1923 |
| Died | June 18, 2007 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Hayden Planetarium, Jupiter |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Thesis | A spectrophotometric investigation of Capella (1953) |
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.