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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ ˈ ɔː l b ər z /; German:; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta .
Oct 11, 2020 · October 2020 1 Harald Sack. Heinrich Olbers (1758-1840) On October 11, 1758, German physician and astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers was born. Besides his discovery of comets and minor planets , Olbers is best known for his new method to calculate the velocity of falling stars.
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Oct 11, 2019 · Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, a German astronomer, was born Oct. 11, 1758. Olbers is known for two asteroids and a paradox. We begin with the asteroids. The first asteroid, Ceres, had been discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi on Jan. 1, 1801. Ceres was tracked for a short while, and then it disappeared behind the Sun.
Abstract. ON March 2 a century ago, the city of Bremen lost its most distinguished citizen, the physician and astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, who died at the age of eighty-one...
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. 1758-1840. German astronomer and physician who developed a method for calculating cometary orbits. He suggested a theory for why the tails of comets point away from the sun and discovered the second and third known asteroids—Pallas (1802) and Vesta (1807).
Dec 24, 2016 · Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias. Courtesy of History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries. Credited with the independent discovery of four comets and two of the first four asteroids discovered, physician Heinrich Olbers was one of the leading astronomers of the early nineteenth century.
Jan 26, 2016 · In March 1802, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered a second, similar object, which later became known as Pallas. William Herschel, one of the most famous astronomers in history, then wrote an essay proposing that both Ceres and Pallas represented an entirely new class of objects: asteroids.
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