Kirill Florensky

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Russian astronomer

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Germany Russia

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Astronomer

Work field

Science

Gender

Male

Birth

27 December 1915 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Sergiyev Posad, Sergiyevo-Posadsky District, Moscow Oblast

Death

9 April 1982 People who died on this day

Place of death

Moscow, Russia

Age

66 years

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Biography

Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (Russian: Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский; 27 December 1915 – 9 April 1982) was a Russian Soviet geochemist and planetologist. He was head of comparative planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

He was the second son of the Russian polymath, Pavel Florensky.

The crater Florensky on the Moon is named after him.

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