Background
Vinter Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vinter Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
While studying at the, she was appointed a computer at the University"s observatory in 1915. In the pre-electronic era, computers were humans that worked doing hand calculations at the direction of astronomers. She was the first woman to hold an appointment at the University.
She was later appointed observatory assistant and, in 1922, observer.
Education Editor of Nordic Astronomy Review She was a very energetic worker, who, along with her normal work of observing and performing mathematical reductions of observations took on the task of editing the Nordisk Astronomisk Tidsskrift (Nordic Astronomy Review). International Astronomical Union She later became Director of the International Astronomical Union"s telegram bureau and Editor of its Circulars. Work as Astronomer at University of Copenhagen By 1939, Vinter Hansen was the First Astronomer at the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen, widely known for her accurate computation of orbits of minor planets and comets.
Tagea Brandt Rejselegat Award With the award money (DKK 10000 or 160,000 of actual United States $) undertook a tour through the United States to Japan and back.
On her return trip in 1940, the outbreak of World World War II restricted her homeward journey. Work in University of California She was awarded a Martin Kellogg Fellowship at the University of California which allowed her to work for a time in the United States.
Return to Deenmark Julie Vinter Hansen died in 1960, from a heart-failure just days before her retirement, in her beloved vacation destination, the Swiss mountain village of Mürren, and was buried in Copenhagen. The minor planet 1544 Vinterhansenia, discovered by Finnish female astronomer Liisi Oterma in the 1940s, was named in her honour.
Tagea Brandt Rejselegat Award.
Martin Kellogg Fellowship.
In that 1939 she received the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (travel award), given to women that have made big contributions on arts or science. Also in 1940 she was awarded the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy. Vinter Hansen was appointed to a knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1956 and continued her career at the University of Copenhagen until 1960. Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog.
