Pickering

American  

[pik-er-ing, pik-ring] / ˈpɪk ər ɪŋ, ˈpɪk rɪŋ /

noun

1. Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.

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Pickering British  

/ ˈpɪkərɪŋ /

noun

1. Edward Charles. 1846–1919, US astronomer, who invented the meridian photometer

2. his brother, William Henry. 1858–1938, US astronomer, who discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of Saturn, and predicted (1919) the existence and position of Pluto

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Pickering Scientific  

/ pĭk′ər-ĭng /

1. American astronomer who made many innovations in the equipment used to observe and measure the distance of stars. In 1884 he published the first catalog of stellar magnitudes. His brother William Henry Pickering (1858–1938) discovered Phoebe, the ninth moon of Saturn (1899), and predicted the existence of Pluto (1919).

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Example Sentences

Owen Pickering, who is travelling to Mexico with his sons, aged seven, 16 and 23, told BBC's Radio 4 Today programme it was "lucky it all changed".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Pickering arranged for his children to miss school, costing £160 each, and he "took a gamble" on England winning the group stage spending £1,300 on the flights.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Pickering: History says that when these things open up, you can go back to prior levels.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“Government bonds are rallying as inflation worries fade and markets begin to abandon bets on further central bank rate hikes,” said Kallum Pickering, chief economist at Peel Hunt.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“We can only explain them as the result of intelligent beings,” Dr. William Pickering told the newspaper.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow