Karl Müller (astronomer)

Karl Müller (22 August 1866^[1] – 23 October 1942^[2]) was born in Franzensbad (Czech: Františkovy Lázně), Bohemia, Austrian Empire and died in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian government official and amateur astronomer.

He collaborated with Mary Adela Blagg on standardizing the nomenclature of formations on the Moon for the Lunar Commission of the newly formed International Astronomical Union.^[3] Together with Blagg he produced a two volume set in 1935, entitled Named Lunar Formations, that became the standard reference on the subject.

The crater Müller on the Moon is named after him.

Notes

^ "Baptism register of the roman catholic parish Franzensbad, vol. IX, fol. 58". Porta fontium - Regional State Archive Pilsen. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Mondforscher Dr. Müller gestorben". Neues Wiener Tagblatt. 76 (1942): Nr. 298 (28 October), page 5.
^ Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon: A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521544149.

[1] "Baptism register of the roman catholic parish Franzensbad, vol. IX, fol. 58". Porta fontium - Regional State Archive Pilsen. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[2] "Mondforscher Dr. Müller gestorben". Neues Wiener Tagblatt. 76 (1942): Nr. 298 (28 October), page 5.

[3] Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon: A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521544149.

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