Georg Heinrich Thiessen

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Georg Heinrich Thiessen (January 19 1914 – July 3 1961) was a German astronomer.

He worked at Hamburg Observatory.

His life ended in a frontal collision automobile accident.

Thiessen crater on the Moon is named after him.

External links

• MitAG 15 (1962) 17 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MitAG/0015//0000017.000.html) (obituary, in German)

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