The King Model - Sixty Symbols

The recent passing of astronomer Ivan King leads to discussion of "The King Model" for exploring the motion of stars in so-called "globular clusters".
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Ivan R. King - 1927-2021

This video features Professor Mike Merrifield from the University of Nottingham - https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri

Extra clip from this interview: https://youtu.be/ZLDsK3sRAdE

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Some images in this video courtesy of the European Southern Observatory, NASA, and the AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives.

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