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  1. Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony. Nationality. German. Known for. Titius–Bode law. Scientific career. Fields. Astronomy, physics, biology. Johann Daniel Titius (born Johann Daniel Tietz ( e ), 2 January 1729 – 16 December 1796) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg.

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  2. Apr 11, 2024 · Johann Daniel Titius (born Jan. 2, 1729, Konitz, Prussia [now Chojnice, Pol.]—died Dec. 11, 1796, Wittenberg, Saxony [now in Germany]) was a Prussian astronomer, physicist, and biologist whose law (1766) expressing the distances between the planets and the Sun was popularized by German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1772.

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  3. Johann Daniel Titius. 1729-1796. German astronomer famous for proposing a numerical rule describing the distance of the planets from the Sun (1766). Johann Bode uncovered Titius's work and popularized it (1772).

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  5. Jan 2, 2021 · On January 2, 1729, German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius was born. He is best known for formulating the Titius–Bode law, a hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems, including the Sun’s, orbit at semi-major axes in a function of planetary sequence. The formula suggests that, extending outward, each planet would be approximately ...

  6. Science. Dictionaries thesauruses pictures and press releases. Titius (Tietz), Johann Daniel. views 2,615,049 updated. TITIUS (TIETZ), JOHANN DANIEL. ( b. Konitz, Germany [now Chojnice, Poland], 2 January 1729; d. Wittenberg, Germany, 16 December 1796) astronomy, physics, biology.

  7. Oct 1, 2006 · In 1766, Johann Daniel Titius of Wittenberg discovered a numerical progression that roughly matched the orbital distances of the known planets — Mercury through Saturn. In 1772, Johann...

  8. Origin and history. Johann Daniel Titius (1729–1796) Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826) The first mention of a series approximating Bode's law is found in a textbook by D. Gregory (1715): [2]

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