Nils Christoffer Dunér (Billeberga, Malmöhus län May 21, 1839 – Stockholm November 10, 1914) was a Swedish astronomer. Malmöhus County, or Malmöhus län, was a County of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Kristianstad County to create the county of SkÃ¥ne. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ...

Dunér received his doctorate from Lund University in 1862, was observer at the observatory there from 1864 and Professor of Astronomy at Uppsala University from 1888. Lund University main building, from 1882 by Helgo Zettervall. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

He was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1892. The crater Dunér on the Moon is named after him. In 1796, Benjamin Thompson, known as Count Rumford, gave $5000 separately to the Royal Society of London and the other by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to give awards every two years for outstanding scientific research on heat or light. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Dunér is an old lunar crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. ... Adjective lunar Bulk silicate composition (estimated wt%) SiO2 44. ...

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