Yrjö Väisälä (Finnish: [ˈyrjø ˈʋæi̯sælæ] ; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. His main contributions were in the...
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prolific Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä by the IAU in 1973. 1573 Väisälä, minor planet 2804 Yrjö, minor planet "Väisälä". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature...
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1948 Väisälä was nominated a Professor of Meteorology in the University of Helsinki. Vilho Väisälä's two brothers, Kalle Väisälä and Yrjö Väisälä, also...
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company founded by Vilho Väisälä Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist 1573 Väisälä, a main belt asteroid Väisälä (crater), a lunar impact...
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mathematics and astronomy at the University of Turku, and soon became Yrjö Väisälä's assistant and worked on the search for minor planets. She obtained her...
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politician Yrjö Sotamaa, Finnish architect Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist Yrjö Vartia (born 1946), economist Yrjö Wichmann (1868–1932)...
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Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Vaisala originated in the 1930s when Professor Vilho Väisälä (1889–1969), Vaisala's founder and long-time managing director...
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Schmidt camera (section Schmidt–Väisälä)
independently invented by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä in 1924 (sometimes called the Schmidt–Väisälä camera as a result). Schmidt originally introduced...
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arc) photographic work. It was designed by Finnish physicist Yrjö Väisälä. Professor Väisälä originally designed an "astronomical camera" similar to Bernhard...
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Helsinki: Otava, 1954. Yrjö Blomstedt ja Matti Klinge (toim.): Paasikiven päiväkirjat, osa 2, p. 561. Porvoo: WSOY, 1986. Yrjö Blomstedt ja Matti Klinge...
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Esperanto and 1462 Zamenhof discovered by Finnish astronomer and Esperantist Yrjö Väisälä. Constructed languages portal Language portal Outline of Esperanto Esperantujo...
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1500 Jyväskylä (category Discoveries by Yrjö Väisälä)
diameter. It was discovered on 16 October 1938, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at the Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland. It was named for the Finnish...
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Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), a prolific discoverer of minor planets during the late 1930s and early 1940s. In addition, a second minor planet, 2804 Yrjö...
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer, mathematician and inventor. Yrjö Väisälä, Finnish astronomer, discovered asteroids 1421 Esperanto and 1462 Zamenhof...
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Zamenhof is named in his honour. It was discovered on 6 February 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä. There is also a minor planet named in honour of Esperanto (1421 Esperanto)...
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Vaisala can refer to: Vilho Väisälä (1899–1969), Finnish meteorologist and businessman Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist Brunt–Väisälä...
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chemist, Nobelist (1895–1973) Vilho Väisälä – mathematician, inventor of meteorological instruments (1889–1969) Yrjö Väisälä – astronomer, meteorologist (1891–1971)...
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Hellmut Schmid, 1914–1998 (Switzerland) Pierre Tardi, 1897–1972 (France) Yrjö Väisälä, 1889–1971 (Finland) Petr Vaníček, 1935 (Canada) Felix Andries Vening-Meinesz...
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Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (redirect from Väisälä Prize)
Henrik Maliniemi (history) 1954: Vilho Väisälä (meteorology) 1953: Antti Filemon Puukko (theology) 1953: Yrjö Reenpää (medicine) 1952: Martti Olavi Rapola...
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astronomy professor Yrjö Väisälä. Väisälä's research team discovered a total of 807 minor planets and 7 comets at the observatory. Väisälä also contributed...
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MPC · 1571 1572 Posnania 1949 SC Poznań, Poland MPC · 1572 1573 Väisälä 1949 UA Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer MPC · 1573 1574 Meyer 1949 FD...
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40P/Väisälä is a periodic comet that was discovered on February 8, 1939. Its orbit was determined on April 26, 1939. In 1994, the diameter of its nucleus...
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meteorologist and physicist, brother of Kalle and Yrjö Väisälä MPC · 2803 2804 Yrjö 1941 HF Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and discoverer of...
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Virtanen, discovered by the renowned Finnish astronomer and physicist Yrjö Väisälä, was named after him. The lunar crater Virtanen is also named after him...
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methods. A method of establishing precise geodetic baselines, invented by Yrjö Väisälä, exploited the low coherence length of white light. Initially, white...
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Kärstilänjärvi) was a Finnish astronomer. Suvanto was the assistant of Yrjö Väisälä. He died in the Winter War. His rank was lieutenant. The Minor Planet...
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Reinmuth at Heidelberg and independently discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä in 1938, was named in her honor (M.P.C. 2901). Groeneveld, Ingrid (1947)...
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discovered on January 26, 1938, by Finnish astronomer and physicist Yrjö Väisälä, was named after him. Sillanpää died on 3 June 1964 in Helsinki aged...
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Nevanlinna Linus Torvalds Edvard Westermarck Artturi Ilmari Virtanen Yrjö Väisälä Georg Henrik von Wright Arvo Ylppö Animals found only or typically in...
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November 1921. Founding members include a renowned Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä. In 1926 Ursa established the Ursa Observatory in Kaivopuisto district...
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