Pickering

[ pik-er-ing, pik-ring ]

noun

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

Pickering

/ ˈpɪkərɪŋ /

noun

1. PickeringEdward Charles18461919MUSSCIENCE: astronomer Edward Charles. 1846–1919, US astronomer, who invented the meridian photometer
2. 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

/ pĭk′ər-ĭng /

1. 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).

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

An inquest in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, heard that Mr Pickering was pronounced dead at the scene by air ambulance staff at 15:20, with a provisional cause of death listed as chest injuries.

From BBC

Humphrey Pickering, 81, from Colwyn Bay, Conwy County, has been confirmed as the driver of the car that crashed into and killed two pedestrians.

From BBC

Some members of families affected by the investigation had called for a permanent memorial to be built at Pickering Park, in west Hull, where monthly vigils have been staged.

From BBC

Before the first World War and until the Depression, pleasure piers had been built, burned and rebuilt along the shoreline sands of Santa Monica and Venice: the Crystal Pier, the Abbot Kinney Pier, the Million Dollar Pier, the Pickering Pier, Frasier’s Pier, the Ocean Park Pier.

From Los Angeles Times