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Oct 04, 1840 Mykolaiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine Died on 25 Aug 1919 (aged 78)
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About Viktor Knorre
- Viktor Karlovich Knorre Russian: ?????? ???????? ??????(4 October 1840 – 25 August 1919) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin.
- He worked in Nikolaev, Pulkovo and Berlin and is best known for having discovered 158 Koronis and three other minor planets.
- Knorre's father, Karl Friedrich Knorre, and grandfather, Ernst Friedrich Knorre, were also prominent astronomers.
- Recently, the main-belt asteroid 14339 Knorre was named in honor of the three generations of Knorre astronomers.
