Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand
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Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand (27 February 1907 – 31 October 2000) was a
double stars and stellar distances.[1]
Life
Kaj Strand was born February 27, 1907, in
atomic bomb crew.[1]
After the war Strand returned briefly to
reflecting telescopes,[3] and was primarily responsible for the design and construction of the 61 in (1.5 m) Strand Astrometric Telescope, dedicated in 1964 at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station in Arizona.[1][4]
Claim of extrasolar planets
Strand is also known for his 1942Wulff Heintz, also of the Sproul Observatory.[7]
Honors and awards
Strand was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946.[8]
The
Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona
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Later life and death
He died October 31, 2000, in Washington, D.C. at the age of 93.[1]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Naval Observatory. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- PMID 17808189.
- Bibcode:1964S&T....27..204S.
- doi:10.1086/125484.
- doi:10.1086/107588.
- doi:10.1086/155982.
- ^ "Search Results - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". www.gf.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12.
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