Carl Otto Lampland
Carl Otto Lampland
(
December 29
1873
–
December 14
1951
) was an American
astronomer
. He earned a degree at
Indiana University
and then came to
Lowell Observatory
in
1902
. He designed cameras used for astronomy and also designed and maintained telescopes, including resilvering the mirror of the 40-inch telescope. He also constructed
thermocouples
and used them to measure temperatures of
planets
. Together with
William Coblentz
he measured large differences between the day and night temperatures on
Mars
. He discovered the
asteroid
1604 Tombaugh
. There are
craters
named after him on the
Moon
and on
Mars
. The asteroid
1767 Lampland
is named after him.
External links
Biography
Lampland, Carl Otto Lampland, Carl Otto Lampland, Carl Otto
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