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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Pickering

The bank previously bought the energy-focused boutique bank Tudor Pickering Holt in 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“What you do is you talk about what you’re doing, and what they are doing is record levels of production in the U.S. right now,” Pickering said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

Dan Pickering: The amount of complacency around the path we are on is way, way, way too high.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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