Robert Adolf Naef

Robert Adolf Naef

Naef (left) in 1973

Robert Adolf Naef (22 July 1907 – 13 March 1975) was a Swiss astronomer. A banker by profession, in his spare time, for 50 years he worked at the Urania Observatory in Zurich. In 1941 he created the nautical almanac Der Sternenhimmel.^[1]^[2]

Legacy[]

1906 Naef, a stony asteroid named after Naef
Observatory Naef Épendes at Épendes, Switzerland, named after Naef

References[]

^ The Robert A. Naef Foundation. observatoire-ependes.ch
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 251. ISBN 978-3-662-02804-9.

[1] The Robert A. Naef Foundation. observatoire-ependes.ch

[Schmadel2013-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 251. ISBN 978-3-662-02804-9.

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