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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Reciprocity (photography) (redirect from Schwarzschild effect)
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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Conic constant (redirect from Schwarzschild constant)
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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Anton Thraen (redirect from Anton Karl Thraen)
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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