Karl Müller (astronomer)
Karl Müller (* 1866 ; † 1942 ) was a civil servant and amateur astronomer .
Together with Mary Adela Blagg , as a retiree in 1935 for the International Astronomical Union (IAU), he created the first uniform and internationally valid nomenclature for lunar craters. Müller lived in Vienna.
The moon crater Müller was named after him.
Works
- with Mary A. Blagg: Named lunar formations. 2 volumes (volume 1: catalog; volume 2: maps). P. Lund - Humphries & Co, London 1935.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ewen A. Whitaker: Mapping and naming the moon. A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1999, ISBN 0-521-62248-4 , p. 160.
- ↑ The scientific exploration of the earth's moon, Caroline Ljubicic, BORG Lauterach, 1995. (PDF; 205 kB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 21, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muller, Karl (English-speaking area) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1866 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |