Aitken may refer to:
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Aitken (surname) The surname Aitken is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name ''Aitken'', which is in turn a form of the name ''Adam''.Ait ...
, a list of people with the surname
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Aitken (crater)
Aitken is a large lunar crater, lunar impact crater that lies on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon, named for Robert Grant Aitken, an American astronomer specializing in binary stellar systems. It is located to the southeast of the cra ...
, a crater on the Moon
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South Pole–Aitken basin
The South Pole–Aitken basin (SPA Basin, ) is an immense impact crater on the far side of the Moon. At roughly in diameter and between deep, it is one of the largest known impact craters in the Solar System. It is the largest, oldest, and dee ...
, an impact crater on the far side of the Moon
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Aitken Double Star Catalogue The Aitken Double Star Catalogue, or ADS, is a star catalogue of double stars. It was compiled by Robert Grant Aitken and published in 1932 in two volumes, under the name ''New general catalogue of double stars within 120° of the North Pole''. It ...
, a star catalogue of double stars
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Aitken Lectureship
The Aitken Lectureship is awarded by the New Zealand Mathematical Society to a research mathematician from New Zealand. The lectureship is named for New Zealander Professor Alexander Aitken, formerly of the University of Edinburgh. The lectureship ...
, awarded by the New Zealand Mathematical Society to a research mathematician from New Zealand
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Aitken's delta-squared process
In numerical analysis, Aitken's delta-squared process or Aitken extrapolation is a series acceleration method used for accelerating the rate of convergence of a sequence. It is named after Alexander Aitken, who introduced this method in 1926 as ...
, a mathematical method
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Michael Aitkens
Michael Aitkens (born 1947) is a British actor and writer of drama scripts for movies, television and stage. His BBC situation comedy '' Waiting for God'', first shown in 1990, was BAFTA nominated.
Early life
Michael Aitkens was educated at H ...
, British television writer
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Aitkin (disambiguation) Aitkin may refer to:
Place names
In the United States:
* Aitkin County, Minnesota
** Aitkin, Minnesota, a city in the county
** Aitkin Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, a township in the county
** Aitkin High School, Aitkin, Minnesota
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Atkin (disambiguation) Atkin is an English surname derived from a pet form of the name Adam. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. O. L. Atkin (1925–2008), British mathematician
* George Atkin (1836–1899), American politician
* Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), ...
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Adkins, a surname
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