Milan Štefánik and the rotation period of Venus: a centenary for 2007

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Feb 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jbaa..117....7m&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.117, no.1, p.7-8

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Biographical: Stefanik, M.R.

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Exactly 100 years ago a paper about Venus appeared in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Its author was a young Slovak astronomer, Milan Rastislav Štefánik. From his studies of the planet from the Mont Blanc observatory he had deduced a rotation period for Venus of 23 hours and 20 to 25 minutes. This was entirely typical of the periods being quoted at that time: most astronomers opted for a synchronous rotation, or for one of about 24 hours. What was more remarkable was the extraordinarily diverse career the young astronomer followed.

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