László Detre (astronomer)
László Detre (19 April 1906, Szombathely – 15 October 1974, Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer well known for his work on variable stars.
Careet[]
Detre was the director for many years of the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest (assuming the role in 1943), a professor of Budapest University, and editor of the Information Bulletin of Variable Stars of the International Astronomical Union.[1][2][3]
Discovered in 1940, asteroid 1538 Detre is named after him.
Personal life[]
His two sons were prominent sailors: Szabolcs Detre (father of windsurfer Diána Detre) and Zsolt Detre.
References[]
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- ^ "THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE KONKOLY OBSERVATORY", Astronomy and Geophysics Vol. 41
- ^ Életrajza a Természet Világában. Termeszetvilaga.hu. Retrieved on 23 May 2015.
- ^ Életrajzok. Konkoly.hu. Retrieved on 23 May 2015.
Categories:
- 20th-century Hungarian astronomers
- Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1906 births
- 1974 deaths
- 1974 suicides