Otto August Rosenberger
Otto August Rosenberger | |
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 Otto August Rosenberger in 1890 | |
| Born | 10 August 1800 |
| Died | 23 January 1890 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Known for | Rosenberger (crater) |
Otto August Rosenberger (10 August 1800 – 23 January 1890) was a German astronomer from Tukums in Courland.
Life
[edit]He was born in Tukkum, Courland, Russia, to a Baltic German family. Rosenberger graduated from the University of Königsberg, and was noted for his study of comets. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1837.[1] He died in Halle, Prussian Saxony.
The crater Rosenberger on the Moon is named after him.
References
[edit]- ^ "Otto August Rosenberger". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 51 (4): 202–205. February 1891. doi:10.1093/mnras/51.4.202.
Sources
[edit]- . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
External links
[edit]- Otto August Rosenberger (in German)
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- People from Tukums
- People from Tukums county
- Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century astronomers from the Russian Empire
- University of Königsberg alumni
- Academic staff of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
- Foreign members of the Royal Society
- Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society