Yrjö Väisälä
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 53 years ago |
Date of birth | September 6,1891 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Kontiolahti |
Finland | |
Date of died | July 21,1971 |
Died | Rymattyla |
Finland | |
Discovered | 1447 Utra |
2204 Lyyli | |
2885 Palva | |
1488 Aura | |
1529 Oterma | |
1460 Haltia | |
1520 Imatra | |
1453 Fennia | |
1496 Turku | |
40P/Väisälä | |
Children | Marja Väisälä |
Siblings | Vilho Väisälä |
Fields | Astronomy |
Physics | |
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ID | 1823339 |
Yrjö Väisälä Life story
Yrjö Väisälä was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. His main contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate nickname of Wizard of Tuorla, and a book with the same title in Finnish describes his works.