{{Short description|Swiss astronomer}} thumb|Robert Adolf Naef '''Robert Adolf Naef''' (22 July 1907 – 13 March 1975) was a Swiss astronomer. A banker by profession, in his spare time, for 50 years he worked at the Urania Observatory in Zürich. In 1941 he created the nautical almanac Der Sternenhimmel.<ref>[https://observatoire-ependes.ch/en/about/foundation The Robert A. Naef Foundation]. observatoire-ependes.ch</ref><ref name="Schmadel2013">{{cite book|last=Schmadel|first=Lutz D.|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2lzoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA251|date=2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-662-02804-9|page=251}}</ref>
==Legacy== *1906 Naef, a stony asteroid named after Naef *Observatory Naef Épendes at Épendes, Switzerland, named after Naef
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