Arthur Michael "Art" Wolfe (29 April 1939 – 17 February 2014) was an American astrophysicist,

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and the former Director of the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at the

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. Together with Rainer K. Sachs, he authored the paper describing the Sachs-Wolfe effect. The

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DLA0817g is nicknamed the Wolfe Disc in his honor.

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Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences

UCSD obituary
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