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    Karl Schwarzschild (German: [kaʁl ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt] ; 9 October 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German physicist and astronomer. Schwarzschild provided the first...
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  • German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild, who calculated this exact solution for the theory of general relativity in 1916. The Schwarzschild radius is given...
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  • Earth and the Sun. It was found by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916. According to Birkhoff's theorem, the Schwarzschild metric is the most general spherically...
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    The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (German: Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium) is a German astronomical observatory in Tautenburg near Jena, Thuringia....
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  • surname include: Henry Schwarzschild (1925–1996), American lawyer Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), German physicist Leopold Schwarzschild (1891–1950), German...
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  • distinguished German Jewish academic family. His father was the physicist Karl Schwarzschild and his uncle the astrophysicist Robert Emden. His sister, Agathe...
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    after German physicist and astronomer Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916). The somewhat irregular outer rim of Schwarzschild has been overlain by many smaller...
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  • was discovered by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916, who earlier had found the exterior Schwarzschild metric. The interior Schwarzschild metric is framed in...
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  • The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical...
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    the 18th century by John Michell and Pierre-Simon Laplace. In 1916, Karl Schwarzschild found the first modern solution of general relativity that would characterise...
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    Wiveleslie Abney in 1893, and extensively studied by Karl Schwarzschild in 1899. Schwarzschild's model was found wanting by Abney and by Englisch, and...
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    then at the Potsdam Observatory under the direction of Max Wolf, Karl Schwarzschild and others. In 1915, as World War I was raging, he was invited to...
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  • and relativity scientist Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916) include: Institutions: Karl Schwarzschild Medal Karl Schwarzschild Observatory Astronomical features:...
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    Search (LONEOS) is also a Schmidt camera. The Schmidt telescope of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory is the largest Schmidt camera of the world. A Schmidt...
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  • binary stars in general relativity. The Schwarzschild metric is named in honour of its discoverer Karl Schwarzschild, who found the solution in 1915, only...
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  • geometry, a number of Ricci-flat metrics are known from works of Karl Schwarzschild, Roy Kerr, and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat. In Riemannian geometry, Shing-Tung...
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    In geometry, the conic constant (or Schwarzschild constant, after Karl Schwarzschild) is a quantity describing conic sections, and is represented by the...
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  • The Schwarzschild solution describes spacetime under the influence of a massive, non-rotating, spherically symmetric object. It is considered by some...
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    (1964) Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1978) Karl Schwarzschild Medal of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (1995) Named after him Asteroid...
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    1909, he took a position at the Göttingen Observatory under director Karl Schwarzschild. In 1911 Hertzsprung developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, independently...
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    the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1999, and the 2016 Karl Schwarzschild Medal. A member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Williams'...
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    rapidly took off when noted astronomers such as Hermann Carl Vogel, and Karl Schwarzschild realized the excellence of Schmidt's mirrors for their researches...
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    scientific meetings and being generous in his support for others". Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1983) Eddington Medal (1984) Brouwer Award of the American...
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  • The Schwarzschild telescope is a reflecting telescope with two aspherical concave mirrors. It was developed by Karl Schwarzschild and named after him...
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  • Schulz Erich Schumann Victor Schumann Manfred Schüssler Karl Schwarzschild Martin Schwarzschild Gerhard Schwehm Achim Schwenk Johann Schweigger August...
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    October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021. Schwarzschild, Leopold (1986) [1948]. The Red Prussian: Life and Legend of Karl Marx. Pickwick Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-948859-00-7...
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  • December 1902. Asteroid 4098 Thraen, discovered by Dr. Börngen of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenberg in 1987 is named for the Dingelstädter minister...
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  • even though they were a genuine implication of the Schwarzschild metric, obtained by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916, the first known non-trivial exact solution...
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  • features: Schwarzschild (crater) on the Moon 837 Schwarzschilda, asteroid Institutions: Awardings of the Karl Schwarzschild Medal The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory...
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  • the Lalande Prize in 1950, the Prix Jules Janssen in 1959, and the Karl Schwarzschild Medal in 1963. The minor planet 3433 Fehrenbach was named in his honor...
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