Lovell
Americannoun
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Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913–2012, British astronomer.
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a male given name.
noun
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Originally from Suffolk, Lovell moved to Australia in 2011 where she lived with her two daughters and husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The observatory, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is dominated by the enormous Lovell Telescope, a structure that was voted Britain's greatest unsung landmark in 2006.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Before radio astronomy was pioneered by people like Lovell, most observatories used visible light to detect objects in space.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The size of the Lovell Telescope allows it to detect signals that are extremely weak, while the other telescopes at the site help scientists paint a more detailed picture.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the meantime, my old crewmates Borman and Anders had been joined by Jim Lovell, who had taken my place.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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