Michelson
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Michelson may refer to:
- Albert Abraham MichelsonAlbert Abraham MichelsonAlbert Abraham Michelson was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics...
American physicist - Robert C. MichelsonRobert C. MichelsonRobert C. Michelson is an American engineer and academic widely known for inventing the entomopter, a biologically inspired flapping-winged aerial robot, and for having established the International Aerial Robotics Competition. He has received degrees in electrical engineering from the Virginia...
American roboticist - Michelson (asteroid)27758 Michelson27758 Michelson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1991 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.- External links :*...
discovered in 1991 - Michelson (crater)Michelson (crater)Michelson is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the northeastern outer rim of the huge walled plain Hertzsprung, and to the southwest of the crater Kolhörster....
on the moon - Michelson-Gale-Pearson experimentMichelson-Gale-Pearson experimentThe Michelson–Gale–Pearson experiment is a modified version of the Michelson-Morley experiment and the Sagnac-Interferometer. It measured the Sagnac effect due to Earth's rotation, and thus tests the theories of special relativity and luminiferous ether along the rotating frame of...
, science - Michelson interferometerMichelson interferometerThe Michelson interferometer is the most common configuration for optical interferometry and was invented by Albert Abraham Michelson. An interference pattern is produced by splitting a beam of light into two paths, bouncing the beams back and recombining them...
, most common configuration for optical interferometry - Michelson-Morley experimentMichelson-Morley experimentThe Michelson–Morley experiment was performed in 1887 by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Its results are generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the theory of a luminiferous ether and in favor of special...
, a scientific experiment regarding the luminiferous ether. - Michelson Museum of ArtMichelson Museum of ArtThe Michelson Museum of Art is a museum in Marshall, Texas originally founded to permanently house the works of the Russian-American artist Leo Michelson....
, Texas, USA - Michelson (name)Michelson (name)Michelson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Michel". The prefix Michel-, a variant of Michael, comes from , meaning "Who is like God?" . A common English language surname, there are other English and Scandinavian spellings. It is rare as a given name...
, people with the given name or surname - Mount Michelson (Brooks Range)Mount Michelson (Brooks Range)Mount Michelson is a high peak in the Romanzof Mountains, part of the Brooks Range of northern Alaska in the United States. It is located about east of the highest peak in the range, Mount Chamberlin....
, Alaska, USA - USNS Michelson T-AGS-23USNS Michelson T-AGS-23USNS Michelson was a oceanographic survey ship for the United States Navy. Launched as the SS Joliet Victory in 1945, Maritime Commission hull number MCV 114, a type VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, she was named after Albert Abraham Michelson...
, United States Naval ship