Daniel Popper
Daniel Magnes Popper (born August 17, 1913 in Oakland, California , † September 9, 1999 ) was an American astronomer .
Popper studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in 1938 with a thesis on the spectropolarimetry of the Nova Lacertae from 1936 supervised by Arthur B. Wyse . After various intermediate positions, he went to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1947 , whose astronomy program he significantly expanded and of which he was a member until his retirement in 1978.
Popper's work dealt with various areas of star astrophysics . Over many years and with the greatest care, he determined the orbits of binary stars , the basis for determining important star properties such as mass.
He was awarded the Karl Schwarzschild Medal in 1984.
Web links
- Publications by DM Popper in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituary, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 31, 1608 (1999), doi : 10.3847 / BAASOBIT1999015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Popper, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Popper, Daniel Magnes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland (California) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1999 |