Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ˈɔːlbərz/; German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of...

was previously seen in 1956. The next perihelion is in 2094. Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered the comet on 6 March 1815 and described it as small...

13P/Olbers, a periodic comet Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers was a German astronomer Olbers (crater), on the Moon Olbers, a 200 km diameter dark albedo...

contradiction was first noted in 1823 by German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, who posed the question of why the night sky was black. The...

kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess...

it had a cosmic origin. After reviewing historical records, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers predicted the storm's return in 1867, drawing other astronomers'...

on record with 28.6 °C (83.4 °F). However, the astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers reported to have measured −27.3 °C on 23 January 1823. Being...

The Walter Stein Observatory is run by the Olbers Society, named in honour of Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. In the winter months from October to April...

1755) 1835 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768) 1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758) 1855 – Nicholas...

Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791) 1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840) 1778 – George Bridgetower...