Charles E. Worley

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Charles E. Worley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles E. Worley has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Instrumentation and 13 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Charles E. Worley's work include History and Developments in Astronomy (27 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (14 papers). Charles E. Worley is often cited by papers focused on History and Developments in Astronomy (27 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (14 papers). Charles E. Worley collaborates with scholars based in United States and Chile. Charles E. Worley's co-authors include G. G. Douglass, Brian D. Mason, William I. Hartkopf, G. L. Wycoff, M. E. Germain, Robert B. Hindsley, Christian Martín, D. J. Barry, Theo A. ten Brummelaar and O. G. Franz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Charles E. Worley

43 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog
    2001 576 citations Brian D. Mason, G. L. Wycoff et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles E. Worley United States 12 1.1k 467 188 156 53 50 1.2k
G. G. Douglass United States 10 915 0.8× 394 0.8× 162 0.9× 127 0.8× 42 0.8× 24 956
W. D. Heintz United States 14 541 0.5× 172 0.4× 127 0.7× 76 0.5× 58 1.1× 72 616
G. Gatewood United States 14 579 0.5× 188 0.4× 66 0.4× 78 0.5× 34 0.6× 74 604
A. R. Upgren United States 13 582 0.5× 272 0.6× 76 0.4× 37 0.2× 27 0.5× 87 619
Charlie T. Finch United States 10 869 0.8× 384 0.8× 144 0.8× 46 0.3× 28 0.5× 18 900
A. E. Whitford United States 12 717 0.6× 301 0.6× 72 0.4× 38 0.2× 14 0.3× 31 748
R. H. Koch United States 13 683 0.6× 210 0.4× 64 0.3× 53 0.3× 15 0.3× 80 765
J. C. Clemens United States 16 790 0.7× 281 0.6× 74 0.4× 58 0.4× 16 0.3× 51 839
D. A. Simons United States 11 665 0.6× 247 0.5× 45 0.2× 95 0.6× 19 0.4× 39 736
F. Millour France 19 830 0.7× 284 0.6× 49 0.3× 136 0.9× 15 0.3× 75 920

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mason, Brian D., G. L. Wycoff, William I. Hartkopf, G. G. Douglass, & Charles E. Worley. (2009). VizieR Online Data Catalog: The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog (Mason+ 2001-2010). 3 indexed citations
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Mason, Brian D., Christian Martín, William I. Hartkopf, et al.. (1999). Speckle Interferometry of New and Problem [ITAL]Hipparcos[/ITAL] Binaries. The Astronomical Journal. 117(4). 1890–1904. 68 indexed citations
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Germain, M. E., G. G. Douglass, & Charles E. Worley. (1999). Speckle Interferometry at the US Naval Observatory. III.. The Astronomical Journal. 117(5). 2511–2527. 15 indexed citations
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Germain, M. E., G. G. Douglass, & Charles E. Worley. (1999). Speckle Interferometry at the US Naval Observatory. II.. The Astronomical Journal. 117(4). 1905–1920. 13 indexed citations
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Mason, Brian D., G. G. Douglass, & Charles E. Worley. (1998). Speckle Interferometry at the US Naval Observatory. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 191. 11 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E. & G. G. Douglass. (1997). A New Edition of the Washington Visual Double Star Catalog. Open Astronomy. 6(2). 1 indexed citations
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Douglass, G. G. & Charles E. Worley. (1992). Systematic Errors in Double Star Observations. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 135. 311–313. 3 indexed citations
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Harrington, R. S., et al.. (1988). Parallax, orbit, and mass of the visual binary L726-8. The Astronomical Journal. 95. 1841–1841. 19 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1984). Duplicity of the 'supermassive' object R136a. The Astrophysical Journal. 278. L109–L109.
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Allen, Christine, Arcadio Poveda, & Charles E. Worley. (1974). The kinematics of trapezium systems.. 1. 101–118. 2 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1972). VY Canis Majoris as a Multiple Star. The Astrophysical Journal. 175. L93–L93. 5 indexed citations
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Finsen, W. S. & Charles E. Worley. (1970). Third catalogue of orbits of visual binary stars.. 129(129). 203–254. 1 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1969). Photometric determinations of magnitude differences for visual binaries.. The Astronomical Journal. 74. 764–764. 7 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1966). The Companions of Delta Cephei. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 78. 485–485. 2 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1964). A catalog of visual binary orbits. 18. 29. 3 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1960). Thirteen New Double Stars. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 72. 125–125. 1 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E. & O. J. Eggen. (1957). The peculiar light variation of TU Cas.. The Astronomical Journal. 62. 104–104. 3 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1957). Measures of 266 double stars.. The Astronomical Journal. 62. 153–153. 4 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1956). Light-Variation of 89 Herculis. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 68. 62–62. 4 indexed citations
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Worley, Charles E.. (1955). THE VISUAL RADIANT AND ACTIVITY OF THE GEMINID METEOR STREAM*. Meteoritics. 1(3). 341–346. 1 indexed citations

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