Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ˈɔːlbərz/; German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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it had a cosmic origin. After reviewing historical records, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers predicted the storm's return in 1867, drawing other astronomers'...
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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...
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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...
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1755) 1835 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768) 1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758) 1855 – Nicholas...
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Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791) 1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840) 1778 – George Bridgetower...
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