Kirill Florensky

Kirill Florensky
Кирилл Флоренский
Born(1915-12-27)December 27, 1915
Sergiyev Posad, Russian Empire
DiedApril 9, 1982(1982-04-09) (aged 66)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipSoviet
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry, planetary science
InstitutionsSoviet Academy of Sciences

Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (Russian: Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский; 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 Soviet 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

  1. ^ Kopal, Zdenëk (1982). "Kirill Pavlovich Florensky". The Moon and the Planets. 27: 3–4. doi:10.1007/BF00941552. S2CID 124938611.



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