Jacobus Kapteyn
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Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD was a Dutch astronomer. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation. Kapteyn was also among the first to suggest the existence of dark matter using stellar velocities as early as 1922.
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