Joseph Junkes

Joseph Junkes SJ (* 28. September 1900 i​n Goch; † 28. April 1984 i​n München) w​ar ein deutscher Jesuitenpater u​nd Astronom.

Junkes w​ar von 1935 b​is 1977 a​n der Vatikanischen Sternwarte i​n Castel Gandolfo u​nd dort Direktor d​es astrophysikalischen Laboratoriums.

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Literatur

  • Sabino Maffeo: In the service of nine popes: 100 years of the Vatican Observatory – Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana), 1991 (online)
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