Kirill Florensky

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Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (27 December 1915 – 9 April 1982) was a Russian Soviet geochemist and planetologist. He was head of comparative planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.^[1]

He was the second son of the Russian polymath, Pavel Florensky.

The crater Florensky on the Moon is named after him.

References

↑ SpringerLink - Resource Secured

External links

In Memorium from the Earth, Moon, and Planets journal.

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Name	Florensky, Kirill Pavlovich
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Short description	Russian astronomer
Date of birth	27 December 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	9 April 1982
Place of death

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