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Bengt Edlén

Swedish astronomer

Died when: 86 years 100 days (1035 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Bengt Edlén

Bengt Edlén (2 November 1906, Gusum – 10 February 1993, Lund) was a Swedish professor of physics and astronomer who specialized in spectroscopy.He was the first who identified the unknown coronal spectral lines in the Corona, which was used to calculate the temperature of the corona.


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