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    Johann Elert Bode (German: [ˈboːdə]; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the...
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  • as a predictor of Neptune's orbit. It is named after Johann Daniel Titius and Johann Elert Bode. Later work by Blagg and Richardson significantly revised...
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    symbolic representation of Sagittarius published in Uranographia by Johann Elert Bode. In tropical astrology, there is no correspondence between the constellation...
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  • the same day, 11 April 1779. He worked with the noted astronomer Johann Elert Bode, who refined and published Köhler's proposal for the symbol of Uranus...
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    In a March 1782 treatise, Johann Elert Bode proposed Uranus, the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos. Bode argued that the name should...
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    upon by Joseph Johann von Littrow, who described it as the "conspicuous triangle" in the text of his atlas (1866), and Johann Elert Bode connected the...
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    first depicted in the Uranographia sive Astrorum Descriptio (1801) of Johann Elert Bode. It is now obsolete. Its brightest star, HD 85951, was named Felis...
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    and in 1787 he went to Berlin and studied practical astronomy under J. E. Bode. In 1788, Pfaff became professor of mathematics in Helmstedt, and continued...
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    In 1772, German astronomer Johann Elert Bode, citing Johann Daniel Titius, published a formula later known as the Titius–Bode law that appeared to predict...
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    containing stars between β Bootis (Nekkar) and η Ursae Majoris (Alkaid). Johann Elert Bode converted its name to Latin as Quadrans Muralis and shrank the constellation...
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    Messier 81 (redirect from Bode's Galaxy)
    Messier 81 was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode on 31 December 1774. Thus, it is sometimes referred to as "Bode's Galaxy". In 1779, Pierre Méchain...
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    was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier the next...
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    Messier 82 (category Discoveries by Johann Elert Bode)
    fourth such event ever detected). M82, with M81, was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1774; he described it as a "nebulous patch", this one about 3⁄4...
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    Friedhelm, ed. (2014). Der Briefwechsel zwischen Carl Friedrich Gauß und Johann Elert Bode. Acta Historica Astronomica (in German). Vol. 53. Leipzig: Akademische...
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  • 1782, and second in German translation and somewhat rearranged by Johann Elert Bode in the Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch for 1786. J'ajouterai seulement...
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    Medii to the southeast. The crater was named after German astronomer Johann Elert Bode. This crater is bowl-shaped, with a small interior floor and a ridge...
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    courses by Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Paul Erman, Johann Elert Bode, Ernst Gottfried Fischer, Johann Horkel, Friedrich Christian Rosenthal and Hinrich...
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  • inventor Jace Bode (born 1987), Australian footballer Jana Bode (born 1969), German luger Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826), German astronomer Johann Joachim Christoph...
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  • 1800s. In science fiction, the planet is often called "Bodia" after Johann Elert Bode. By the pulp era of science fiction, Bodia was a recurring theme....
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    Magellanic Clouds 1603 Johann Bayer Officina Typographica /ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnə taɪpəˈɡræfɪkə/ Officinae Typographicae Printshop 1801 Johann Elert Bode Patella /pəˈtɛlə/...
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    is known as Phaëton in astronomy and often dubbed "Bodia" (after Johann Elert Bode) in science fiction. Bodia was popular in the pulp era of science...
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    fiction often called "Bodia" in reference to Johann Elert Bode, for whom the since-discredited Titius–Bode law that predicts the planet's existence is...
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  • (Netherlands, 1914–2010) Nathaniel Bliss (United Kingdom, 1700–1764) Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747–1826) Alfred Bohrmann (Germany, 1904–2000) Bart Bok...
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    (the Hand of Justice and Sceptre) to honor Louis XIV in 1670, and Johann Elert Bode, who created Frederici Honores (Frederick's Glory) to honor Frederick...
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    Piscis Notius and used by German celestial cartographers Johann Bayer and Johann Elert Bode. Bayer also called it Piscis Meridanus and Piscis Austrinus...
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    Observatory. Johann III Bernoulli served from 1764 to 1787 as Director of the Old Observatory and was succeeded by Johann Elert Bode. Lambert fetched Bode to Berlin...
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    stars visible only to the naked eye, making it less cluttered. Unlike Johann Elert Bode and Jean Nicolas Fortin, who followed John Flamsteed's depictions...
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    German-born translator and author Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743–1820), German critic and literary historian Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826), astronomer. He...
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    stars. 1729 Atlas Coelestis by John Flamsteed 1801 Uranographia by Johann Elert Bode 1843 Uranometria Nova by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander 1914 Franklin-Adams...
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    spectral type G5.5III and apparent magnitude 5.21, was labelled by Johann Elert Bode and retained by Benjamin Gould, who deemed it bright enough to warrant...
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