Emanuel von der Pahlen

Baron Emanuel A. von der Pahlen (July 4, 1882–July 18, 1952) was a German astronomer.

He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, but left for Germanyfollowing the revolution of 1917. He waseducated at University of Göttingen, where he was awarded a Doctorate of Mathematical Sciences. Prior to the first World War he joined solar eclipse expeditions in 1905, 1912 and 1914. Between the world wars, he was employed at the Astrophysikalishen Observatorium Potsdam. He taught at the University of Basel. In 1947 he published "Einführung in die Dynamik von Sternsystemen", a 241-page work on Galaxies.

Von der Pahlen crater on the Moon is named after him.

References

* cite journal
author=Baikov, A. A.; Gaina, A.
title=The Astronomer—N. N. Donitch
journal=Serbian Astronomical Journal
year=2003 | volume=166 | pages=71–77
url=http://saj.matf.bg.ac.yu/166/pdf/71-77.pdf
format=PDF | accessdate=2007-06-01
doi=10.2298/SAJ0366071B
* cite web
url =http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?return_req=no_params&&author=von+der+Pahlen,+E&db_key=AST
title =Query Results from the Astronomy Database
publisher =Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
accessdate = 2007-06-01
* cite web
last = Luminet | first = J.-P. | year=1997
url =http://luth2.obspm.fr/~luminet/Books/FL.html
title =L'Invention du Big Bang
publisher =L'Observatoire de Paris
language=French | accessdate = 2007-06-01