Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest...
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general (b. 1763) 1820 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760) 1832 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754) 1834 – Thomas...
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double central peak offset to the north. The crater is named for Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, a 19th-century Hungarian astronomer. By convention, features...
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symbol for Pallas, the spear of Pallas Athena, was invented by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, and introduced in his Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der...
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diplomat and sinologist Franz Xaver von Zach (1754–1832), Austrian astronomer Alexander Zach (born 1976), Austrian politician František Zach (1807–1892), Czech-born...
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Erd- und Himmels-Kunde starting in 1807. The Journal was founded by Franz Xaver von Zach in 1800 and existed until 1813. In 1809 he became correspondent of...
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distance for a planet beyond Saturn. In 1800, a group headed by Franz Xaver von Zach, editor of the German astronomical journal Monatliche Correspondenz [de]...
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astronomy. In 1798 Franz Xaver von Zach had organised and hosted the first European congress of astronomers at his observatory in Gotha. Zach was also editor...
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its financial provision. Together with Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Franz Xaver von Zach, Johann Gildemeister, Wilhelm Olbers and Karl Ludwig Harding, he...
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for the observatory began in 1787 by the court astronomer Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, with the financing of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It...
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