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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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