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

the German amateur astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, who described it in 1823, but Harrison shows convincingly that Olbers was far from the first to pose...

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...

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...

way of determining longitude. Bessel came to the attention of Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, a practising physician of Bremen and well-known astronomer, by...

Bartsch as Unicornu on his star chart of 1624. German astronomers Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers and Ludwig Ideler indicate (according to Richard Hinckley Allen's...

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...

potential capital for Upper Canada. Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers. Work begins on the British Museum in...

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...

System from a spinning nebula of gas and dust. 1826 – Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers puts forth Olbers' paradox. 1832–1838 – Following over 100 years of unsuccessful...

that filled the gap and was regarded as a new planet, and in 1802 Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers discovered Pallas, at roughly the same distance to the Sun than...

astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovered and named the asteroid (2) Pallas, a second object in roughly the same orbit as (1) Ceres. Olbers proposed...

(German) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Heinrich von Mädler. Frank J. Tipler, "Olbers's Paradox, the Beginning of Creation, and Johann Mädler...

Neptune. When Pallas was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 28 March 1802, it was considered to be a planet, as were...

community of Bremen and Lilienthal, especially Wilhelm Olbers, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, as part of the informal group of astronomers...

Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham. 1823 – Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers. January 8, 1824 – After much controversy...

travel to Gotha. Johann Hieronymus Schroeter in Lilienthal and Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers in Bremen stayed away on their own initiative because they suspected...

shorter, curved tail. Both tails were also seen on October 20 when Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers noted that the two tails were separated by 1.5°; the more northerly...

Titius-Bode rule. At first, it was regarded as a new planet. 1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers discovers Pallas, at roughly the same distance to the Sun than...

Oberth O'Connell effect – Daniel Joseph Kelly O'Connell Olbers's paradox – Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers Ohm's law – Georg Ohm Okun's law – Arthur Okun Omori's...

den von Wilhelm Klinkerfues in den Jahren 1858–1869 angestellten Zonenbeobachtungen. Schur, Wilhelm (1899). Neue Reduktion der von Wilhelm Olbers im Zeitraum...

astronomer Heinrich Olbers asserted that if this were true, then the entire night sky would be filled with light and bright as day; this is known as Olbers' paradox...

June by Johann Karl Burckhardt. Based on these calculations, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers made a prediction that the comet would go on to become extremely...

to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Wilhelm Olbers Focke Keynes, Milo. (2002). Mendel—both ignored and forgotten. Journal...

Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 320–321. "Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911....

Frederick William Herschel KH, FRS (/ˈhɜːrʃəl/ HUR-shəl; German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822)...

Okuni (Japan, 1931–) Nicolaus Olahus (Hungarian, 1493–1568) Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (Germany, 1758–1840) Gerard O'Neill (United States, 1927–1992)...

1000 Piazzia for Giuseppe Piazzi and 1002 Olbersia for Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. Olbers recovered Ceres after it has passed behind the Sun and...

Oettingen Hans von Ohain Georg Ohm Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers Johannes Orphal Wilhelm Orthmann Gottfried Osann Heinrich Ott Friedrich Paschen Wolfgang...

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...