Alexis Bouvard
Alexis Bouvard (born June 27, 1767 in Les Contamines-Montjoie , † June 7, 1843 in Paris ) was a French astronomer .
Live and act
Bouvard came from a poor Savoyard farming family.
Bouvard became director of the Paris observatory and in 1804 of the Bureau des Longitudes . He discovered eight comets . He also calculated the positions of the planets Jupiter , Saturn and Uranus . Uranus orbit tables led to discrepancies with his observations. From this he concluded that another planet existed, which was then found with Neptune and later the dwarf planet Pluto .
He carried out all the calculations for Laplaces Mécanique céleste and got Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart to study astronomy.
In 1803 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences . Since 1808 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , since 1826 of the Royal Society and since 1828 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . The moon valley Vallis Bouvard was named after him in 1970.
Web links
- Entry to Bouvard; Alexis (1767-1843) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
- Publications by A. Bouvard in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Alexis Bouvard at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 26, 2016.
- ^ Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 10, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bouvard, Alexis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Contamines-Montjoie , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1843 |
| Place of death | Paris |