Kent Ford

Kent Ford

astronomer United States

Kent Ford is an American astronomer known for his collaboration with Vera Rubin in the 1970s, where they studied the rotation of galaxies and provided groundbreaking evidence for the existence of dark matter.

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.00%
Persistence
0 wks
Reach
7,639
Power
618$
Sentiment
5.00
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
Switzerland 1 5.00 0.09% +0% 8,654,622 7,639 $700,000 618$
Totals 1 8,654,622 7,639 $700,000 618$
Interactive World Map

Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.

Recent Mentions

Panama Panama: Rubin and her colleague Kent Ford studied more than 60 galaxies and discovered that the stars at the outer edges moved at the same speed as those in the center. 7

La Prensa – leading Panamanian daily, est. 1980: Quién fue Vera Rubin, la astrónoma que da nombre al observatorio con la cámara más grande del mundo que se inaugura en Chile