Dirk Brouwer
Dirk Brouwer (born September 1, 1902 in Rotterdam , † January 31, 1966 in New Haven (Connecticut) ) was a Dutch-American astronomer.
Brouwer received his doctorate from Leiden University in 1927 and then worked at Yale University . As a student, he determined the mass of the Saturn moon Titan from the orbital disturbances of other Saturn moons.
From 1941 to 1966 he was director of the Yale University Observatory and editor of the Astronomical Journal .
Brouwer developed methods to determine orbits and applied them to comets, asteroids and planets. He was one of the first to use computers for astronomical calculations.
honors and awards
In 1951 Brouwer was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences . He received the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1955 and was awarded the Bruce Medal in 1966 .
A moon crater and the asteroid (1746) Brouwer were named after him. The American Astronomical Society presents the Brouwer Award .
Works
- together with Gerald Maurice Clemence : Methods of Celestial Mechanics , 1961
Web links
- Literature by and about Dirk Brouwer in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Bruce Medal page
- Awarding of Bruce medal
- Awarding of RAS gold medal
- Publications by D. Brouwer in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for D. Brouwer in the Astrophysics Data System
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brouwer, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1966 |
| Place of death | New Haven (Connecticut) |