Professor
doctor Dilhan Eryurt was a Turkish astrophysicist who was born on November 29,
1926, in the Turkish city of Dilhan Eryurt initiated her doctoral research work
at the University of Michigan and defended her Ph.D. thesis at the University
of Ankara department of astrophysics subsequently.
Dilhan
Eryurt was a renowned astrophysicist who made important contributions to
scientific research on the formation and evolution of the sun and other stars
she also worked for the national aeronautics and space administration NASA.
Dr. Dilhan Eryurt's work at NASA Goddard institute revealed hidden facts about the
sun. she received the apollo achievement award in 1969 for her successful work
that largely facilitated the apollo 11.
Lunar
mission today's google doodle has been designed to honor the memory of this
truly great woman space scientist like
Google Doodle honors
Dilhan Eryurt,
Today's Google doodle
celebrates the 51the anniversary of the moon landing
by honoring Dilhan
Eryurt, one of the scientists responsible for Apollo 11.
On this day in 1969,
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to
step foot on the moon,
but that "giant leap for mankind" was made possible
by the efforts of
countless individuals.
Dilhan Eryurt was among
the astronomers and scientists responsible for Apollo 11,
and for her efforts was
given the apollo achievement award later that year.
Dilhan Eryurt, born in
Turkey in 1926, discovered an interest in mathematics
and a passion for
astronomy which was nurtured in her university years.
In her extensive career
as an astrophysicist, Eryurt studied the properties
and evolution of the
sun.
Throughout her career,
Dilan Eryurt overcome both gender and race boundaries
being the only woman at
NASA'S Goddard Institute for a time, and also being the first
Turkish scientist in the
middle east technical university.
Today, Google has
honored the memory of Dilhan Eryurt,
who died in 2012, with
an out-of-this-world Doodle that features
beautiful colors and
subtle nods to both the moon landing and mathematics
the
"constellation" of the square root symbol is.
If today's Google Doodle
has you feeling inspired about what space may have in
store for us.
You can also check out
last year's Google Doodle for the 50th
anniversary
Narrated by one of the
mission's astronauts, Michael collins.
