William Stephen Finsen
Astronomer
1905 – 1979
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Who was William Stephen Finsen?
William Stephen Finsen was a South African astronomer.
He discovered a number of double stars and took many photographs of Mars. He developed the Finsen eyepiece interferometer to measure very close double stars. He was the final director of Union Observatory in South Africa from 1957 until it closed in 1965; he had started there 55 years previous.
The asteroid 1794 Finsen is named after him, as is the geological feature Finsen Dorsum on the asteroid 433 Eros.
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- Born
- Jul 28, 1905
South Africa - Nationality
- South Africa
- Profession
- Employment
- Titles in academia, Union Observatory
(1957 - 1965)
- Titles in academia, Union Observatory
- Died
- May 16, 1979
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on July 23, 2013
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