Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner
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Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834–1882) was a German astrophysicist who studied optical illusions. He invented the Zöllner illusion where lines that are parallel appear diagonal. Zöllner crater on the moon is named in his honor.
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- Zöllner F (1860). "Ueber eine neue Art von Pseudoskopie und ihre Beziehungen zu den von Plateau und Oppel beschrieben Bewegungsphaenomenen". Annalen der Physik 186: 500-25. doi:.
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