Kirill Florensky

Kirill Florensky

Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (December 27, 1915April 9, 1982) was a Russian Soviet geologist and astronomer. He was head of Comparative Planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the U. S. S. R. Academy of Sciences [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/h280343x069405h0/fulltext.pdf SpringerLink - Resource Secured ] ] .

Florensky crater, on the Moon, is named after him.

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* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/h280343x069405h0/ In Memorium] from the Earth, Moon, and Planets journal.


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