Eise Eisinga
Eise Jelteszn Eisinga (born February 21, 1744 in Dronryp ; † August 27, 1828 ) was a Dutch wool comb . He made himself a name gifted , self-taught amateur - astronomer and author of writings on mathematics and on issues of astronomy .
Life
Eisinga is the builder of the planetarium named after him . The planetarium only includes the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, because Uranus and Neptune had not yet been discovered when it was completed. It is the oldest working model of the solar system .
Eisinga built it in Franeker from 1774 to 1781. In 1774 a mass panic broke out in the Netherlands that the planets would be lined up in that year and that there would be cosmic collisions. Eisinga wanted to allay these concerns.
In 1859 the Dutch state donated the planetarium to the city of Franeker .
Honors
- King Wilhelm I appointed Eisinga as Broeder of the Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw in February 1816 .
- The street on which Eisinga's former home was located was later named Eise Eisingastraat .
- In 1994, on the 250th birthday of Eisinga, the Dutch Post issued a stamp worth 80 cents.
- Ice Eisinga is listed under No 25 in. Canon van Nederland (German: educational canon of the Netherlands ), one consisting of fifty Information strands summary of the history of the Netherlands for use in schools.
- The asteroid (5530) Eisinga was named after him on the occasion of his 250th birthday.
literature
- Piter Terpstra: clouds are stjerren. Roman oer Eise Eisinga . Friese Pers, Leeuwarden 1994, ISBN 90-330-0237-X (Frisian).
- JM de Ridder: Eise Eisinga and his planetarium . In: Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage , Vol. 5, 2002, No. 1, pp. 65–87, bibcode : 2002JAHH .... 5 ... 65M (English)
Web links
- The eventful life of Eise Eisinga . ( Memento from July 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium (German)
- Jürgen Morawietz: The Eise Eisinga Planetarium ( Memento from June 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eisinga, ice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eisinga, Eise Jelteszn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch amateur astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dronryp |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1828 |