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# Kenneth Franklin

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Kenneth Linn Franklin was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter, the first detection of signals from another planet. He was often a local and national m

##  Quotes by Kenneth Franklin

> [ At times the \[radio telescope\] records exhibited a feature characteristic of interference, occurring some time later than the passage of the two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-franklin/at-times-the-radio-telescope-records-exhibited-a-feature/)

[Kenneth Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-franklin/)

[Characteristics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characteristics/)

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> [Whenever you note the time on the clock, realize that it is now—right now—later than it has ever been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-franklin/whenever-you-note-the-time-on-the-clock-realize-that-it-is-now-right/)

[Kenneth Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-franklin/)

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> [The word "dis-aster," in fact, means "bad star."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-franklin/the-word-dis-aster-in-fact-means-bad-star/)

[Kenneth Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-franklin/)

[Asters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asters/)

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> [Vannevar Bush has said that there is no more thrilling experience for a man than to be able to state that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-franklin/vannevar-bush-has-said-that-there-is-no-more-thrilling-experience-for/)

[Kenneth Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-franklin/)

[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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