Karl Friedrich Knorre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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astronomer
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Place of Birth: Tartu, Livonia Governorate, Sweden
About Karl Friedrich Knorre
- Karl Khristoforovich Friedrich Knorre; Russian: ???? ????????????? ?????? (28 March 1801 – 29 August 1883) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German ethnic origin who is best known for founding the Nikolayev Astronomical Observatory in 1827.
- Knorre's father, Ernst Friedrich Knorre, and his son, Viktor Knorre, were also prominent astronomers.
- Recently NASA named an asteroid in honor of the three generations of Knorre astronomers.
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