Pickering

[ pik-er-ing, pik-ring ]

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Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.

Pickering

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PickeringEdward Charles18461919MUSSCIENCE: astronomer Edward Charles. 1846–1919, US astronomer, who invented the meridian photometer
PickeringWilliam Henry18581938MUSSCIENCE: astronomer his brother, William Henry. 1858–1938, US astronomer, who discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of Saturn, and predicted (1919) the existence and position of Pluto

Pickering

American astronomer who made many innovations in the equipment used to observe and measure the distance of stars. In 1884 he published the first catalog of stellar magnitudes. His brother William Henry Pickering (1858–1938) discovered Phoebe, the ninth moon of Saturn (1899), and predicted the existence of Pluto (1919).

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In 2021, Tom Cruise surprised locals of Pickering when he touched down in a helicopter to shoot scenes for Mission: Impossible at a heritage railway.

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Such a proposal would have, in theory, barred the DNC from paying $1.2 million to GSG during the 2023-2024 election cycle even as the firm continued to represent union-hostile companies like Google, or paying nearly $12 million to Wilmer Cutter Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, a law firm that advertises "union avoidance strategies," during the same period, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

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Joan Pickering lost her husband, who was a former miner, 10 years ago and says her trips to Lynwood still feel "like coming home".

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Mckenzie Dicicco, 22, of Belgravia Gardens, Middlesbrough, who has played at Thornaby, Northallerton and Pickering football clubs, appeared at Leeds Crown Court earlier charged with murder and affray.

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Mr Pickering was a retired librarian born in Shropshire but living in the Colwyn Bay area.

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