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Ejnar Hertzsprung
Ejnar Hertzsprung (October 8, 1873, Copenhagen – October 21, 1967, Roskilde) was a Danish chemist and astronomer.
Along with Henry Norris Russell, he developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (1910).
He discovered two asteroids, one of which is the Amor asteroid 1627 Ivar .
| 1627 Ivar | September 25 1929 |
| 1702 Kalahari | July 7 1924 |
Honors
Awards
Named for him
- Hertzsprung crater on the Moon.
- Asteroid 1693 Hertzsprung .
External links
- Bruce Medal page
- Awarding of Bruce Medal: PASP 49 (1937) 65
- Awarding of RAS gold medal: MNRAS 89 (1929) 404
Obituaries
- AN 290 (1968) 287 (one line, in German)
- AN 291 (1969) 85 (in German)
- JRASC 62 (1968) 137
- Obs 87 (1967) 298 (one line)
- PASP 79 (1967) 638 (one line)
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PASP 80 (1968) 50(not online) - QJRAS 9 (1968) 337
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