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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.[1] In 1910 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for cataloguing stars and detecting latitude variation.[2]

Karl Friedrich Küstner in 1931
Karl Friedrich Küstner in 1931

He received his PhD from the University of Strasbourg in 1879 under Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke.[3]

Küstner at the 1910 Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at Mount Wilson Observatory
Küstner at the 1910 Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at Mount Wilson Observatory

References


  1. Astrophysics Institute of Potsdam Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. aip.de
  2. "Gold Medal, the, presented to Prof. Friedrich Küstner, for his catalogue of stars, his pioneer determination of the aberration constant from motions in the line of sight, and his detection of the variation of latitude". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 65: 857. 1905. Bibcode:1905MNRAS..65R.857.. doi:10.1093/mnras/65.9.857.
  3. Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved 22 August 2012.


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[de] Karl Friedrich Küstner

Karl Friedrich Küstner (* 22. August 1856 in Görlitz; † 15. Oktober 1936 in Mehlem (heute Ortsteil von Bonn)) war Astronomie-Professor in Bonn. Er gilt als der Entdecker der Polbewegung des Erdkörpers.
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