About Robert Adolf Naef
Lived 1907 – 1975 (aged 67). Robert Adolf Naef was a Swiss astronomer.
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 Zürich. In 1941 he created the nautical almanac Der Sternenhimmel.
Legacy 1906 Naef, a stony asteroid named after Naef Observatory Naef Épendes at Épendes, Switzerland, named after Naef
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Who was Robert Adolf Naef?
Swiss astronomer (1907-1975)
When was Robert Adolf Naef born?
Robert Adolf Naef was born on 22 July 1907.
When did Robert Adolf Naef die?
Robert Adolf Naef died on 13 March 1975.
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Robert Adolf Naef was an astronomer.
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Robert Adolf Naef was Swiss.
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