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Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski /mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/;[1] German: [mɪŋˈkɔfski]; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer.[2]

Rudolph Minkowski
Born(1895-05-28)May 28, 1895
Strasbourg, German Empire
DiedJanuary 4, 1976(1976-01-04) (aged 80)
Berkeley, California
NationalityGermany
Known forsupernovae
AwardsBruce Medal in 1961
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsPalomar Observatory

Biography


Asteroids discovered: 1 [3]
1620 GeographosSeptember 14, 1951

Minkowski was the son of Marie Johanna Siegel and physiologist Oskar Minkowski.[4][5] His uncle was Hermann Minkowski, a mathematician and one of Einstein's teachers in Zürich. Rudolph studied supernovae and, together with Walter Baade, divided them into two classes (Type I and Type II) based on their spectral characteristics.[6] He and Baade also found optical counterparts to various radio sources.

He headed the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, a photographic atlas of the entire northern sky (and down to declination -22°) up to an apparent magnitude of 22.[2]

Together with Albert George Wilson, he co-discovered the near-Earth Apollo asteroid 1620 Geographos in 1951,[7] and he also discovered Planetary Nebula M2-9. He additionally discovered a correlation between the luminosity of early-type galaxies and their velocity dispersion,[8] which was later quantified by Faber and Jackson. He won the Bruce Medal in 1961.[2] The lunar crater Minkowski is named after him and his uncle. Also the Minkowski 2-9, planetary nebula[9] and the Minkowski's object dwarf galaxy near NGC 541 are named after him.[10]


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References


  1. "Minkowski". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  2. Kuhi, Leonard V. (March 1976). "Rudoph L. Minkowski". Physics Today. 29 (3): 78–80. doi:10.1063/1.3023389. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28.
  3. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present: I–M
  5. The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography
  6. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/minkowski-rudolph.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1620) Geographos". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1620) Geographos. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 128. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1621. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  8. Minkowski, R. (1962), Internal Dispersion of Velocities in Other Galaxies
  9. Minkowski, R. (1946). "New Emission Nebulae". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 58 (344): 305. Bibcode:1946PASP...58..305M. doi:10.1086/125855.
  10. Minkowski, R. (1958). "The Problem of the Identification of Extragalactic Radio Sources". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 70 (413): 143. Bibcode:1958PASP...70..143M. doi:10.1086/127200.



На других языках

[de] Rudolph Minkowski

Rudolph Leo Bernhard Minkowski (* 28. Mai 1895 in Straßburg; † 4. Januar 1976 in Berkeley, Kalifornien) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Astrophysiker. Er war ein Sohn des Pathologieprofessors Oskar Minkowski und ein Neffe von Hermann Minkowski.
- [en] Rudolph Minkowski

[es] Rudolph Minkowski

Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski (Estrasburgo, 28 de mayo de 1895 - Berkeley, 4 de enero de 1976) fue un astrónomo germano-estadounidense, director del programa Palomar Observatory Sky Survey y premio Bruce en 1961.

[fr] Rudolph Minkowski

Rudolph Minkowski (né Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski le 28 mai 1895 - 4 janvier 1976) est un astronome germano-américain. Son père est le physiologiste Oskar Minkowski et son oncle est le mathématicien et physicien Hermann Minkowski.

[it] Rudolph Minkowski

Rudolph Minkowski, nome completo Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski (Strasburgo, 28 maggio 1895 – Berkeley, 4 gennaio 1976), è stato un astronomo tedesco naturalizzato statunitense.

[ru] Минковский, Рудольф

Рудольф Минковский (нем. Rudolph Minkowski, при рождении — Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski; 28 мая 1895 — 4 января 1976) — германо-американский астрофизик, сын патофизиолога О. Минковского, племянник Г. Минковского.


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