Robert Adolf Naef
Naef (left) in 1973
Robert Adolf Naef (22 July 1907 – 13 March 1975) was a Swiss astronomer. A banker by profession, in his spare time, for 50 years he worked at the Urania Observatory in Zurich. In 1941 he created the nautical almanac Der Sternenhimmel.[1][2]
Legacy
- 1906 Naef, a stony asteroid named after Naef
- Observatory Naef Épendes at Épendes, Switzerland, named after Naef
References
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- ↑ The Robert A. Naef Foundation. observatoire-ependes.ch
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 251. ISBN 978-3-662-02804-9.
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