Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was an Austrian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest...
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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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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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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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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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only predictions that successfully allowed Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach to relocate Ceres were those performed by the 24-year-old Gauss using...
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December 1801. This turned out to be accurate within a half-degree when Franz Xaver von Zach on 7 and 31 December at Gotha, and independently Heinrich Olbers...
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Observatory, commissioned in 1790 by Franz Xaver von Zach, quickly became a centre of the European astronomical community. Zach corresponded with almost all colleagues...
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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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Young (United States, 1941–) Judith Young (United States, 1952–2014) Franz Xaver von Zach (Germany, 1753–1832) Abraham Zacuto (Spain/Portugal, 1450–1510) John...
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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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Special Collections, Brigham Young University Letters from baron de Franz Xaver von Zach to Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1792-1806) at the digital...
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refraction of light. This phenomenon was observed in 1808 by baron Franz Xaver von Zach from the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica in Marseille. All year long...
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dubbed the "celestial police" was formed under the invitation of Franz Xaver von Zach with the express purpose of finding additional planets; they focused...
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Regensburg. He studied at the University of Altdorf and was taught by Franz Xaver von Zach in Gotha. In 1804 he was made to a lieutenant of the general staff...
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informants. It was again mentioned in 1826 by the Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach, who reported it thirdhand as a letter written by Blosseville: "M...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he promoted the painting oeuvre of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein; he also appointed Franz Xaver von Zach director of the...
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over by Interior Minister Giuseppe Zurlo. Defined by the astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach "The Vesuvius of Astronomy erupting gold", the new observatory was...
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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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for 2 Pallas, the spear of Pallas Athena, was invented by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, who organized a group of twenty-four astronomers to search for a...
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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...
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data taken from Thomas Harriot and Nathaniel Torporley in 1607. Franz Xaver von Zach edited the results in his journal Monatliche Correspondenz. Having...
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honour of the astronomical station of that name operated by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach on the mountains above the city. At the time, asteroids were supposed...
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Sultan invades Kerala, India, but is repulsed. Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach publishes The Tables of the Sun, an essential early work for navigation...
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with famous contemporary astronomers, such as Jérôme Lalande and Franz Xaver von Zach. In 1770, Rittenhouse completed an advanced orrery; that is, a mechanical...
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astronomer Karl W. Reinmuth in 1923 and named after Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach. Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 1999...
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Discovery Barnaba Oriani Carl Friedrich Gauss Francis Wollaston Franz Xaver von Zach Giuseppe Piazzi Heinrich Olbers Jérôme Lalande Johann Elert Bode...
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(2004). "The European scientist: symposium on the era and work of Franz Xaver von Zach (1754–1832): proceedings of the symposium held in Budapest on September...
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