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Karl Friedrich Küstner

German astronomer

Died when: 80 years 54 days (961 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Karl Friedrich Küstner

Karl Friedrich Küstner (born in Görlitz on 22 August 1856, died 15 October 1936) was a German astronomer who also made contributions to Geodesy.

In 1888 he reportedly discovered the Polar motion of the Earth.In 1910 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for cataloguing stars and detecting latitude variation.

He received his PhD from the University of Strasbourg in 1879 under Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke.


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