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Muller, Paul Edmond Rodolphe

Born Lorquin, Moselle, France, November 17, 1910

Died Nice, France, July 9, 2000

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Paul Muller was a French worldwide specialist on double star astronomy. Muller’s name is attached to the double-image micrometer that he designed at Strasbourg Observatory in 1937. With this instrument, which proved to be more precise and convenient to use than the filar micrometer, Muller realized high-quality measurements of visual double stars until 1992 by using the large refractors in Strasbourg, Meudon, and Nice observatories. He also obtained remarkable results in the field of differential colorimetry of double stars. A member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Muller was three times president of its Commission 26 (Double Stars) for which he created the Information Circular. After the launch of the first artificial satellite in 1957, Paul Muller became a pioneer of Space Geodesy in the field of optical satellite observations and contributed to the birth of French space research, chiefly as a delegate member at the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).

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  1. Université de la Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Nice, France

    Jean-Claude Thorel & Daniel Bonneau

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Thorel, JC., Bonneau, D. (2023). Muller, Paul Edmond Rodolphe. In: Nicholson, P.D., Bartlett, J.L. (eds) Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0738-1_100816-1

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