About Adolph Gottfried Kinau
Lived 1814 – 1888 (aged 74). Adolph Gottfried Kinau was a German astronomer.
Gottfried Adolf Kinau (4 January 1814 – 9 January 1888) was a German Protestant minister and astronomer.
Born in Aschersleben into a family of ministers and teachers, Kinau studied theology in Halle and Magdeburg from 1833 to 1840. Until 1851, he had several appointments as teacher. Until 1861, he was minister in Rohr in Thuringia. Until his death he was minister at the Kreuzkirche in Suhl, Thuringia. He had several offices in charity and school system.
Kinau was known as a selenographer, who had specialised in lunar rills. In 1847 he discovered six lunar rilles and continued to make lunar drawings all his life. The lunar crater Kinau is named after him.
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German astronomer (1814-1888)
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Adolph Gottfried Kinau was born on 4 January 1814 in Aschersleben.
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Adolph Gottfried Kinau died on 9 January 1888 in Suhl.
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Adolph Gottfried Kinau was an astronomer.
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Adolph Gottfried Kinau was German.
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