Tadashi Abe born 1943 is a Japanese people Japanese amateur astronomer who taught high school from 1966 to 2004. He poured his considerable observational talents into the field of astronomical photometry , producing a number of scientific paper s and a thesis based on his discoveries. Minor planet 12787 Abetadashi is named in his honor. ref Cite book title Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Addendum to Fifth Edition 2006 2008 author Lutz D. Schmadel page 64 year 2009 publisher Springer Verlag ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Abe, Tadashi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Amateur astronomer DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abe, Tadashi Category 1943 births Category Living people Category Japanese astronomers Category Amateur astronomers ... more details
Wikify date September 2011 Wang Zhenyi 1768 1797 was a Chinese astronomer . One of the craters of Venus was named after her. Wang Zhenyi published twelve works about astronomy and mathematics . She published studies about gravitation , and particularly studied the Lunar eclipse eclipses of the moon . Wang Zhenyi also defended women s rights to study. References http www.sheisanastronomer.org index.php history wang zhenyi Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wang, Zhenyi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Astronomer DATE OF BIRTH 1768 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1797 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wang, Zhenyi Category Chinese astronomers Category 1768 births Category 18th century Chinese people Category Women astronomers Category 1797 deaths Category Place of birth missing es Wang Zhenyi sv Wang Zhenyi ... more details
John Bird 1709 1776 , the great mathematical instrument maker, was born at Bishop Auckland . He worked in London for Jeremiah Sisson , and by 1745 he had his own business in the Strand. Bird was commissioned to make a brass quadrant 8 feet across for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, where it is still preserved. Soon after, duplicates were ordered for France, Spain and Russia. Bird supplied the astronomer James Bradley with further instruments of such quality that the commissioners of longitude paid him 500 a huge sum on condition that he take on a 7 year apprentice and produce in writing upon oath, a full account of his working methods. This was the origin of Bird s two treatises The Method of Dividing Mathematical Instruments 1767 and The Method of Constructing Mural Quadrants 1768 . Both had a foreword from the astronomer royal Nevil Maskelyne . When the Houses of Parliament burned down in 1834, the standard yards of 1758 and 1760, both constructed by Bird, were destroyed. Bird,with his fellow County Durham savant William Emerson mathematician William Emerson makes an appearance in Mason and Dixon the novel by Thomas Pynchon . Further reading DSB first Silvio last Bedini title Bird, John volume 2 pages 140 141 External links These seem dead or useless http americanhistory2.si.edu surveying type.cfm?typeid 18 http www.nmsi.ac.uk piclib imagerecord.asp?id 10400429 http southseas.nla.gov.au biogs P000425b.htm Biography on South Seas Companion http albinoni.brera.unimi.it HEAVENS MUSEO Schede app1.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bird, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1709 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1776 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bird, John Category 1709 births Category 1776 deaths Category English astronomers Category 18th century astronomers Category Scientific instrument makers Category People from County Durham UK astronomer stub de John Bird es John Bird lb John Bird ... more details
about the English astronomer other people with this name Holmes surname E Edwin Holmes born 1838 or 1839, died 1918 or beginning of 1919 ref Journal of the British Astronomical Association 29 1919 84 85 ref ref http articles.adsabs.harvard.edu full seri MNRAS 0086 0000079.000.html 1925MNRAS..86...79E Page 79 Bot generated title ref was an England English amateur astronomer . He discovered the periodic comet 17P Holmes on November 6, 1892, and his discovery was confirmed within days at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Holmes managed to discover the comet when it suddenly brightened allowing Holmes to spot it, and the comet remained visible to the unaided eye for another 3 weeks until it faded away. 75 days later the comet once again brightened to unaided eye brightness Holmes was later awarded the Donohoe Comet Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . References references http adsbit.harvard.edu cgi bin nph iarticle query?1893PASP....5Q..42. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Holmes, Edwin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1838 or 1839 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1918 or 1919 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Holmes, Edwin Category 19th century astronomers Category English astronomers Category Comet discoverers Category 1838 births Category 1918 deaths England scientist stub UK astronomer stub bn de Edwin Holmes fa it Edwin Holmes pl Edwin Holmes pt Edwin Holmes sl Edwin Holmes zh ... more details
refimprove biography date November 2007 Charles Green 1735 &ndash January 29, 1771 was a British astronomer , noted for his assignment by the Royal Society in 1768 to the expedition sent to the Pacific Ocean in order to observe the transit of Venus and the transit of Mercury , ref Wayne Orchiston 1994, James Cook and the 1769 Transit OF Mercury, Carter Observatory ISSN 1173 7263 http www.transitofvenus.co.nz docs CarterObservatoryInfo3.doc ref aboard James Cook s HM Bark Endeavour Endeavour . A farmer s son, he became assistant to the Astronomer Royal in Greenwich in in 1761, before joining the navy and Cook s expedition. Aboard the Endeavour, he died of dysentery twelve days after departure from Batavia, Dutch East Indies Batavia in 1771, during the crew s voyage back to England. See also European and American voyages of scientific exploration References reflist External references http www.captaincooksociety.com ccsu4192.htm Information about Green from Cook s Log , p. 1713, Vol. 23, No. 1 2000 http www.captaincooksociety.com ccsu4193.htm Information about Green from Cook s Log , p. 1775, Vol. 23, No. 4 2000 http www.captaincooksociety.com ccsu4143.htm Information about Green from Cook s Log , p. 92, Vol. 3, No. 4 1980 and p. 102, Vol. 4, No.1 1981 http nla.gov.au nla.cs ss biogs P000377 Charles Green South Seas Companion Biographical entry Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Green, Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1735 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1771 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Green, Charles Category 1735 births Category 1771 deaths Category British astronomers Category James Cook UK astronomer stub de Charles Green Astronom fr Charles Green pl Charles Green ... more details
Joseph Winlock February 6, 1826&ndash June 11, 1875 was an United States American astronomer and mathematician . He was born in Shelby County, Kentucky , the grandson of General Joseph Winlock 1758&ndash 1831 . After graduating from Shelby College in Kentucky in 1845, he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the institution. From 1852 until 1857 he worked as a computer astronomer term computer for the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac , and relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts . He briefly served as head of the department of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy , but returned as superintendent of the Almanac office. In 1863 he was one of the fifty charter members of the United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences . Three year later in 1866 he became director of the Harvard College Observatory , succeeding George Phillips Bond George Bond , and making many improvements in the facility. He was also appointed professor of astronomy at Harvard . He remained at the university until his sudden death in 1875, eventually become professor of geodesy . Much of his astronomical work included measurements with the meridian circle , a catalogue of double star s and stellar Photometry astronomy photometry investigations. He also led solar eclipse expeditions to Kentucky in 1860 and Spain in 1870. The crater Winlock crater Winlock on the Moon is named after him. External links http darwin.nap.edu books NI000430 html 195.html Page 195 , A History of the First Half Century of the National Academy of Sciences 1863 1913 . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Winlock, Joseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American astronomer DATE OF BIRTH 1826 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1875 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Winlock, Joseph Category 1826 births Category 1875 deaths Category Harvard University faculty Category American astronomers Category American mathematicians ht Joseph Winlock nl Joseph Winlock astronoom ja ... more details
John A. Carroll 1899 &ndash 1974 was a United Kingdom British astronomer and physicist . In the 1920s he worked at the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge , UK with F.J.M. Stratton and Richard van der Riet Woolley . Contributions to the development of computing While Professor of Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen University , Carroll had been interested in acquiring desk computing machines for his students. These greatly reduced the labour in producing the mathematical tables needed in astronomy and other fields, including gunnery. In 1942 he became assistant director of research at the Scientific Research and Experiment Department, an Admiralty body which coordinated naval research departments. With Donald Sadler and John Todd, he formed the Admiralty Computing Service in 1943, which itself formed the basis for the NPL Mathematics Division when the Second World War ended in 1945. The NPL Maths Division offered a practical computing service and was also a centre of research into electronic computing and numerical analysis. From 1964 to 68 Carroll was professor of astronomy at Gresham College , London . By this time he had been knighted and was Sir John Carroll. See also list of Gresham Professor of Astronomy Gresham Professors of Astronomy References Croarken, Mary. http www.iee.org OnComms pn History HistoryWk Computing in Britain.pdf Computing in Britain During World War II . Institution of Electrical Engineers IEE , 6 July 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2006. http www.asap.unimelb.edu.au bsparcs aasmemoirs woolley.htm Australian Academy of Science Reference in article about Richard Woolley. http www.cacr.caltech.edu Todd biography CalTech Reference in article about John Todd. Further reading Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 16, 100, 1975 Persondata Metadata ... PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1974 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Carroll, John astronomer Category 1899 ... Academics of the University of Aberdeen Category Old King s Scholars Chester UK astronomer stub ... more details
About the British amateur astronomer other people with this name Mark Armstrong disambiguation class wikitable align right style margin 1em margin top 0 Asteroid s discovered 2 15967 Clairearmstrong February 24, 1998 44016 Jimmypage November 30, 1997 colspan 2 style font size smaller note label codisc 1 with Claire Armstrong C. Armstrong Mark Armstrong is a British amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association . With his wife Claire Armstrong , he works from Rolvenden IAU code 960 , Kent, England, and, as of 2006, has 58 supernova discoveries and 12 co discoveries to his credit ref cite web url http britastro.org baa content view 117 129 title Deep Sky Section Meeting 2005 Meeting Report publisher British Astronomical Association date 2005 03 05 dead date January 2011 ref in addition to two asteroid s. References reflist External links cite web url http www.supernovae.net Bio.htm title Observers Biographies publisher International Supernovae Network Very short biography cite web url http www.astro engineering.com newsandviews.html title Exploding Star hunter relies on the best publisher Astro Engineering Includes photo of Mark Rolvenden Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Armstrong, Mark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Armstrong, Mark Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category 20th century astronomers Category British astronomers Category Asteroid discoverers Category People from Rolvenden UK astronomer stub ... more details
Robert Grant 17 June 1814 24 October 1892 was a Scotland Scottish astronomer . Overcoming health problems and financial difficulties, he published in 1852 the complete text of his book The History of Physical Astronomy from the Earliest Ages to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century . The work immediately took a leading place in astronomical literature and won for Grant the 1856 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society . In 1859 he became John Pringle Nichol s successor as professor in astronomy in the University of Glasgow . He contributed various astronomical papers to scientific journals but his main work consisted in determining the positions of a large number of stars with the Ertel ref group note Ertel Traugott Lebrecht Ertel Fribourg 1778 Munich 1858 built mathematical instruments at the Mathematical Mechanical Institute of Munich. ref Meridian circle transit circle of Glasgow Observatory . The results of his work, extending over 21 years, are contained in the Glasgow Catalogue of 6415 Stars , published in 1883. A few weeks after his death in 1892, there was publication of the Second Glasgow Catalogue of 2156 Stars . ref cite EB1911 wstitle Grant, Robert ref Notes references group note References Reflist Bibliography cite book author Paola Presciuttini title Extract from The instrumentation in the history of the Astronomical Observatory of Brera published by Milan University url http www.sullacrestadellonda.it strumenti strumenti astro ertel en.htm year 1989 publisher www.sullacrestadellonda.it accessdate 2011 10 10 External links http gen.deltanz.net rgrant r grant.htm Robert Grant from gen.deltanz.net Robert Grant s autobiographical notes for his nephew http gen.deltanz.net rgrant r grant2.htm Dr. Robert Grant from gen.deltanz.net Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grant, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish astronomer DATE OF BIRTH ... Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society UK astronomer stub pt Robert Grant sv Robert Grant ... more details
Infobox artwork image file Jan Matejko Astronomer Copernicus Conversation with God.jpg caption painting alignment image size 330px title Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God alt other language 1 Polish other title 1 Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem other language 2 other title 2 artist Jan Matejko year start date 1873 remove date template if before 1583 CE type material height metric width metric length metric height imperial width imperial length imperial diameter metric diameter imperial dimensions metric unit cm don t leave this parameter blank either don t include it, or include the default cm. Not including it will default it to cm. imperial unit in don t leave this parameter blank either don t include it, or include the default in. Not including it will default it to in. city museum Jagiellonian University coordinates Only use for the exact coordinates of the artwork itself and only where known and not for the coordinates of the museum. Leave blank if coordinates are not known. owner Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God Polish Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem is a painting by the Poles Polish artist Jan Matejko , finished in 1873, depicting Nicolaus Copernicus observing the heavens from one of the towers of the cathedral in Frombork . Currently the painting is in the collection of the Jagiellonian University , which purchased it from a private owner with money donated by the Polish public. The painting presently adorns a classroom of the Collegium Novum of the University. References reflist Painting stub Poland stub Category Jan Matejko paintings Category 1873 paintings pl Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem ... more details
Gregg D. Thompson of Brisbane , Australia is an amateur astronomy amateur astronomer and the executive director of the Dreamtech Designs and Productions company. Astronomy Gregg Thompson was one of the founding members of the Southern Astronomical Society SAS . ref cite web title The Southern Astronomical Society Celebrates its 20th Anniversary work Astronomical Events publisher Southern Astronomical Society date url http www.sas.org.au aevents.htm accessdate 2007 09 15 ref Before 1981 he started making a set of charts of bright galaxies, designed to help deep sky observational astronomy observers in their search for extragalactic astronomy extragalactic supernova e. ref name Evans cite book last Evans first Robert authorlink Robert Evans astronomer title Supernova Search Manual publisher American Association of Variable Star Observers year 1993 location Cambridge, USA pages url http www.aavso.org observing programs sn supernovasm.shtml isbn 1 878174 11 8 ref In 1985 he received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific , together with Robert Evans astronomer Robert Owen Evans , ref cite web title Past Amateur Achievement Winners publisher Astronomical Society of the Pacific url http www.astrosociety.org membership awards pastamateur.html accessdate 2007 09 15 ref who had made several supernova discoveries using Thompson s charts. ref name Evans Evans wrote that the number of galaxies he was able to observe grew substantially after the charts were produced. Gregg Thompson also helped verify some of Evans discoveries. ref cite web last Evans first Robert authorlink Robert Evans astronomer title Searching for Supernovae A More Personal Story publisher Research in Evangelical ... Society of the Pacific together with Robert Evans astronomer Robert Evans years 1985 after Jean ... SHORT DESCRIPTION amateur astronomer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT ... more details
Hans Scholl , born 1942, is a Germans German astronomer working at the C te d Azur Observatory in Nice , France . In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the natural satellite satellite s Prospero moon Prospero , Setebos moon Setebos and Stephano moon Stephano of the planet Uranus . ref cite journal last1 Gladman first1 B. last2 Kavelaars first2 J. last3 Holman first3 J. J. last4 Petit first4 M. last5 Scholl first5 H. last6 Nicholson first6 P. last7 Burns first7 J.A. title The Discovery of Uranus XIX, XX, and XXI journal ICARUS year 2000 volume 147, part 1 pages 320 324 doi 10.1006 icar.2000.6463 publisher Academic Press bibcode 2000Icar..147..320G ref External links http www.obs nice.fr cassiopee PERSO scholl.html Observatory of Nice staff detail References reflist Authority control VIAF 42703765 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Scholl, Hans ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Scholl, Hans Category 20th century astronomers Category Planetary scientists Category Living people germany astronomer stub da Hans Scholl astronom de Hans Scholl Astronom eo Hans Scholl astronomo fr Hans Scholl astronome nds Hans Scholl Astronom pl Hans Scholl astronom ru , sv Hans Scholl astronom ... more details
class wikitable collapsible align right style margin 1em margin top 0 colspan 2 style white space nowrap Asteroid s discovered 1 3176 Paolicchi November 13, 1980 Zoran Kne evi Serbian language Serbian Cyrillic , born 23 August 1949 in Osijek is a Serbia n astronomer , who has been publishing since 1982. His major scientific contributions are in the field of movement of small celestial bodies. As of 2002, he is the director of Astronomic Observatory of Belgrade and the president of Serbian National Astronomy Committee. Asteroid 3900 Kne evi , discovered by Edward Bowell , is named after him. References http www.astronomija.co.rs razno astronomi knezevic index.htm Short biography , www.astronomija.co.rs sr icon http aob.aob.bg.ac.rs staff zknezevic index.html Zoran Kne evi s home page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Knezevic, Zoran ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 23 August 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Knezevic, Zoran Category 1949 births Category Living people Category 20th century astronomers Category Serbian astronomers Euro astronomer stub Serbia scientist stub eo Zoran Kne evi astronomo ja ... more details
Robert Blair 1748 1828 was a Scotland Scottish astronomer . Robert Blair was the first Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh 1785 . He invented the aplanatic lens optics lens and also coined this term. This was a significant step in reducing the aberration in optical systems . He also experimented with hollow lenses, holding different solutions. References Jean Eisenstaedt, Light and relativity, a previously Unknown Eighteenth Century Manuscript by Robert Blair 1748 1828 , Annals of Science, 62 347 376 2005 . Jean Eisenstaedt, Avant Einstein Relativit , lumi re, gravitation, Paris, Seuil 2005 . External links http www.virtualscotland.co.uk scotland articles famous scots robert blair.htm Robert Blair a short biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Blair, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1748 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1828 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Blair, Robert Category 1748 births Category 1828 deaths Category Scottish astronomers Category Academics of the University of Edinburgh Category Scottish inventors Category People from East Lothian Category Scottish surgeons Scotland scientist stub UK astronomer stub de Robert Blair Astronom ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Harold Lester Johnson April 17, 1921 &ndash April 2, 1980 was an American astronomer . Johnson was awarded the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy Helen B. Warner Prize by the American Astronomical Society in 1956. He is mostly remembered for introducing the UBV photometric system also called the Johnson or Johnson Morgan system , along with William Wilson Morgan in 1953. He died of a heart attack in Mexico City in 1980. External links http www.nap.edu readingroom books biomems hjohnson.html Biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnson, Harold ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1921 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1980 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Johnson, Harold Category 1921 births Category 1980 deaths Category 20th century astronomers Category American astronomers US astronomer stub de Harold Lester Johnson fr Harold Johnson ja pt Harold Johnson astr nomo ru , uk ... more details
James McMahon is an United States American amateur astronomy amateur astronomer , acknowledged for his visual observational astronomy observations of asteroid occultation s. In 1978 his observation of the occultation of the asteroid 532 Herculina with the star SAO 120774, together with photometric astrometry photometric study made at the Lowell Observatory , was considered a proof of the existence of a Herculina s natural satellite , which would be the first discovery of an asteroid moon in history. However, a 1993 Hubble Space Telescope observation failed to confirm the discovery. In 1979 James MacMahon was the first person awarded with the newly established Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . References http metaresearch.org solar 20system asteroids near NEARChallengeBackground.asp Meta Research The NEAR Challenge http www.astrosociety.org membership awards pastamateur.html Amateur Achievement Award winners start box succession box before none title Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific years 1979 after Frank Bateson end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macmahon, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Macmahon, James Category American astronomers Category Amateur astronomers Category 20th century astronomers Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people US astronomer stub cs James McMahon ... more details
Wu Xian Chinese was a Chinese astronomy Chinese astronomer who supposedly lived in the Shang Dynasty c. 1600&ndash 1046 BC of China . He is considered as one of the main ancient Chinese astronomers alongside more historical figures such as Gan De and Shi Shen , the latter two of whom lived during the Warring States 403&ndash 221 BC . ref name Peng Peng, Yoke Ho 2000 . Li, Qi and Shu An Introduction to Science and Civilization in China. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0486414450 ref He has also been represented as one of the Three Astronomical Traditions on the Dunhuang map which was made during the Tang Dynasty 618&ndash 907 . ref name Whitfield Whitfield, Susan. 2004 2004 . The Silk Road Trade, Travel, War and Faith. British Library Staff. Serindia Publications. ISBN 1932476121. ref See also Tai Wu Notes Reflist 3 References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wu, Xian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wu, Xian Category Chinese astronomers Category Shang Dynasty people Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown China scientist stub Astronomer stub ca Wu Xian zh ... more details
John of Saxony or Johannes de Saxonia or John Danko or Dancowe of Saxony was an astronomer who spent most of his active career, from about 1327 1355, at the University of Paris . In 1327 he added an influential set of explanations and instructions Canons to the revision of the Alfonsine Tables by his master, John of Lini res . In his Canons, John divided the day into sixty parts rather than 24 hours, consistently representing time by sexagesimal fractions and multiples of a day. It is in this form that the Alfonsine tables circulated in Western Europe for the next three centuries. ref Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, vol. 3, New York Columbia University Press, 1934 , pp. 255 8, 267. ref Among his other contributions were a commentary on Alchabitius Alcabitius s Introduction to the art of astrology, which went through eleven printed editions, and an Almanac h for the years 1336 to 1380 that he computed for the meridian of Paris using the Alfonsine tables. ref Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, vol. 3, New York Columbia University Press, 1934 , pp. 262 6. ref Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME John of Saxony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Astronomer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT John Of Saxony Category Almanac compilers Category Arab astrologers Category Astronomers Category Astrological texts sci hist stub it Giovanni di Sassonia astronomo ... more details
Alessandro Morbidelli , born May 2, 1966, ref name morby cite web title Alessandro Morbidelli publisher Observatoire de la C te d Azur url http www.oca.eu morby accessdate 2010 08 19 ref is an Italian astronomer and planetary scientist currently employed by the Observatoire de la Cote d Azur in Nice . ref name morby Morbidelli specializes in solar system dynamics mechanics dynamics , ref name morby especially planetary formation ref name morby and planetary migration migration and the structure of the asteroid belt asteroid and Kuiper belt s. In 2000 , he received the Harold C. Urey Prize Urey Prize from the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society . Publications David Jewitt Jewitt D. , Morbidelli A., Rauer H., Trans Neptunian Objects and Comets , Springer , 2008 References Reflist External links http www.innovaxiom.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 167934 Talk of Alessandro Morbidelli at the Origins 2011 congress Authority control VIAF 5254155 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Morbidelli, Alessandro ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Morbidelli, Alessandro Category Italian astronomers Category 1966 births Category Living people Italy astronomer stub fr Alessandro Morbidelli it Alessandro Morbidelli astronomo ... more details
William Ellis , Fellow of the Royal Society FRS Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society FRAS FRMS 20 February 1828 11 December 1916 was an English astronomer and meteorologist . He was born 20 February 1828, in Greenwich, England , the son of Henry Ellis, an assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich . In 1841 he began working at the Royal Observatory, first as a Human computer computer and later as an observer. In 1852 he took charge of Durham University Observatory , before returning the following year to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich where he first headed the Time Department and later the Magnetical and Meteorological Department. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1864, a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1875, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1893. He served as president of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1886 and 1887. He succumbed to heart failure on 11 December, 1916, at Blackheath, London . References cite journal year 1916 title Obituary William Ellis, F.R.S. journal Nature volume 98 pages 312 313 url http www.nature.com nature journal v98 n2460 abs 098312b0.html date 21 December 1916 doi 10.1038 098312b0 UK astronomer stub DEFAULTSORT Ellis, William Category 1828 births Category 1916 deaths Category English astronomers Category English meteorologists Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society Category People from Greenwich ... more details
About the astronomer other people of the same name Louis Boyer disambiguation Unreferenced date March 2007 class wikitable align right style margin 1em margin top 0 Asteroid s discovered 40 1177 Gonnessia November 24, 1930 1211 Bressole December 2, 1931 1212 Francette December 3, 1931 1295 Deflotte November 25, 1933 1296 Andr e November 25, 1933 1301 Yvonne March 7, 1934 1338 Duponta December 4, 1934 1339 D sagneauxa December 4, 1934 1340 Yvette December 27, 1934 1343 Nicole March 29, 1935 1344 Caubeta April 1, 1935 1364 Safara November 18, 1935 1377 Roberbauxa February 14, 1936 1380 Volodia March 16, 1936 1392 Pierre March 16, 1936 1400 Tirela November 17, 1936 1412 Lagrula January 19, 1937 1413 Roucarie February 12, 1937 1414 J r me February 12, 1937 1415 Malautra March 4, 1937 1416 Renauxa March 4, 1937 1511 Dal ra March 22, 1939 1574 Meyer March 22, 1949 1577 Reiss January 19, 1949 1594 Danjon November 23, 1949 1597 Laugier March 7, 1949 1598 Paloque February 11, 1950 1599 Giomus November 17, 1950 1601 Patry May 18, 1942 1606 Jekhovsky September 14, 1950 1616 Filipoff March 15, 1950 1617 Alschmitt March 20, 1952 1629 Pecker February 28, 1952 1630 Milet February 28, 1952 1649 Fabre February 27, 1951 1713 Bancilhon September 27, 1951 1714 Sy July 25, 1951 1851 Lacroute November 9, 1950 2021 Poincar June 26, 1936 4422 Jarre October 17, 1942 Louis Boyer 1901 ndash 1999 was a French astronomer . He worked at the Algiers Observatory and discovered a number of asteroid s. The asteroid 1215 Boyer discovered in 1932 was named after him by his colleague in Algiers, Alfred Schmitt . In turn Boyer named the 1617 Alschmitt asteroid in honor of Schmitt. Boyer also named 1713 Bancilhon after Odette Bancilhon his colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt . DEFAULTSORT Boyer, Louis Category 1901 births Category 1999 deaths Category 20th century astronomers Category French astronomers Category Asteroid discoverers france astronomer stub de Louis Boyer Astronom eo Louis Boyer ... more details
Expand French Jean Le F vre date January 2012 Jean Le F vre 1650 1706 was a France French astronomer and physicist. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Le Fevre, Jean ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1650 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1706 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Le Fevre, Jean Category 1650 births Category 1706 deaths Category French astronomers Category French physicists Category Members of the French Academy of Sciences Category People from Normandy fr Jean Le F vre France bio stub ... more details
Infobox settlement name Refuge Astronomer Cruls native name Ref gio Astr nomo Cruls settlement type Research station image Location map Antarctica relief yes width 225 label Refuge Astronomer Cruls, Nelson Island South Shetland Islands Nelson Island lat deg 62.14 lon deg 58.58 image map mapsize map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name BRA subdivision type1 Territory subdivision name1 Brazilian Antarctica established title Established established date 25 January 1985 population total 6 timezone1 Time in Brazil BRT utc offset1 3 postal code type postal code website https www.mar.mil.br secirm proantar.htm PROANTAR Refuge Astronomer Cruls lang pt Ref gio Astronomo Cruls is an Brazil Brazilian Antarctic summer facility named after astronomer Luis Cruls who set up an expedition in 1882 to Punta Arenas in order to observe the passage of Venus across the disk of the Sun. ref name Super Interessante cite web last Super Interessante magazine title Cientistas brasileiros na Ant rtida Dez anos no gelo url http super.abril.com.br ciencia cientistas brasileiros antartida dez anos gelo 440694.shtml publisher Super Interessante accessdate 3 March 2012 ref The structure, established on 25 January 1985, is situated on Nelson Island South Shetland Islands , southwest of King George Island Antarctica King George Island , South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The refuge, which can accommodate up to 6 scientists for up to 40 days, ref name RAPAL cite book last XXIII RAPAL title Programa Antartico Brasileiro year 2002 publisher Direcci n Nacional del Ant rtico Instituto Ant rtico Argentino pages 3 url http translate.google.cz translate?hl cs&sl pt&tl en&u http 3A 2F 2Fwww.dna.gov.ar 2FRAPAL 2FDOC 2FDI24.DOC ref depends both logistically and administratively on Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base Comandante Ferraz station. Together with the refuge Em lio Goeldi , located on the Elephant Island , constitute the basic infra structure to support the Brazilian Antarctic Program ... more details
William Joseph Hussey August 10, 1862 &ndash October 28, 1926 was an United States American astronomer . He is most famous for the discovery and study of close binary star s. In the period from 1898 to 1899, he reobserved all binaries discovered by Otto Struve , with at least three observations of each. His amazing efficiency is demonstrated by these numbers he made 1,920 observations in one year, with a record of 80 in one night. At the conclusion of his double star work in 1905, he had discovered and measured 1,327 close binaries. For this work, he was awarded the Lalande Medal in 1906, which he shared with Robert Grant Aitken . In 1897, he was elected president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . A Impact crater crater on Mars was named in his honor. External links Obituaries http adsabs.harvard.edu full seri JBAA. 0037 0000019.000.html JBAA 37 1926 19 http adsabs.harvard.edu full seri MNRAS 0087 0000260.000.html MNRAS 87 1927 260 http adsabs.harvard.edu full seri Obs.. 0049 0000347.000.html Obs 49 1926 347 http adsabs.harvard.edu full seri PASP. 0039 0000035.000.html PASP 39 1927 35 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hussey, William Joseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1862 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1926 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hussey, William Joseph Category 1862 births Category 1926 deaths Category American astronomers US astronomer stub es William Hussey ... more details
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