Emma Vyssotsky
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Emma Vyssotsky (23 Oct 1894-May 1975), born Emma T. R. Williams in Philadelphia, was an American astronomer. She married the Russian-born astronomer Alexander N. Vyssotsky in 1929. She received her Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard College in 1930. Her specialty was motions of stars and kinematics of the galaxy. She won the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy in 1946.
The asteroid 1600 Vyssotsky was named in her honour.Template:Astronomer-stub