Karl Schütte

Karl Schütte (born February 6, 1898 in Brunsbüttel , † September 6, 1974 in Hamburg ) was a German-Austrian astronomer and university professor .

After researching astrometry and theoretical astronomy , he was appointed to the University of Vienna in 1940 at the same time as Bruno Thüring , where he succeeded the astronomer and geophysicist Adalbert Prey . Soon drafted into military service, however, he was only able to devote himself to science several years later (appointment to the University of Munich ; his successor in Vienna was the also widely recognized astronomer Konradin Ferrari d'Occhieppo ).

From 1952 to 1955, Schütte was chairman of the Federal German Society for Space Research . V., as well as long-time co-editor of the trade journal Astronautica Acta .

Schütte became known to the general public primarily through some popular science books, in particular:

Which star is that? (1955, further editions up to approx. 1988) in the widespread non-fiction book series of the Kosmos Verlag (together with K. Widmann), with star maps and current research results.
Which constellation is that? (Kosmos nature guide, Stuttgart 1990)
Our astronomical view of the world today. Herder-Verlag 1971 and 1982/83.
Space travel has begun. (1958) Pocket book that for the first time comprehensively dealt with the science of astronautics in the German-speaking area and developed its future prospects far ahead.

Schütte performed u. a. technical amounts for astrometry (see 4th web link).

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SURNAME	Schütte, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Austrian astronomer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brunsbuettel
DATE OF DEATH	September 6, 1974
Place of death	Hamburg