Karl Friedrich Küstner
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Karl Friedrich Küstner (born in Görlitz
on August 22, 1856; died October 15, 1936) was a German astronomer who also made contributions to Geodesy
. In 1888 he reportedly discovered the Polar motion
of the Earth. In 1910 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
for cataloguing stars and detecting latitude variation.
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
on August 22, 1856; died October 15, 1936) was a German astronomer who also made contributions to Geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...
. In 1888 he reportedly discovered the Polar motion
Polar motion
Polar motion of the earth is the movement of Earth's rotational axis across its surface. This is measured with respect to a reference frame in which the solid Earth is fixed...
of the Earth. In 1910 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
-History:In the early years, more than one medal was often awarded in a year, but by 1833 only one medal was being awarded per year. This caused a problem when Neptune was discovered in 1846, because many felt an award should jointly be made to John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier...
for cataloguing stars and detecting latitude variation.