Ernst Zinner
Ernst Zinner (born February 2, 1886 in Goldberg in Silesia , † August 30, 1970 in Planegg in Bavaria) was a German astronomer and astronomy historian. He was the rediscoverer of the comet Giacobini-Zinner .
Life
After studying in Munich and Jena and doing research in Lund and Heidelberg , Zinner worked in Bamberg from 1910 to 1919 . From 1920 he was a private lecturer and from 1924 associate professor at the University of Munich . From 1926 to 1953 he was director of the Karl Remeis observatory in Bamberg.
In addition to his actual astronomical work, especially on variable stars , Zinner wrote important works on the history of astronomy .
On October 23, 1913, Zinner rediscovered the same comet that Michel Giacobini had discovered in France in 1900 . This happened two rounds later. Since then the comet is called Giacobini-Zinner (21P).
The Zinner lunar crater with a diameter of four kilometers is named after him. In 1939 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1993 the asteroid (4615) Zinner was named after him.
Fonts (selection)
- Directory of the astronomical manuscripts of the German cultural area . Beck, Munich 1925.
- Brightness index of 2373 stars up to size 5.50 . Buchner, Bamberg 1926.
- The history of astronomy from the very beginning to the present . Springer, Berlin 1931.
- Johannes Kepler , Lübeck: Coleman 1934
- The life and work of Nikolaus Koppernick , treatises and reports, Deutsches Museum, Volume 9, Issue 6, Berlin, VDI Verlag 1937
- Life and work of Johannes Müller , Munich 1938, reprint Osnabrück 1968 (biography of Regiomontanus ). English translation: Regiomontanus , North Holland 1990
- The oldest wheel clocks and modern sundials. Research on the Origin of Modern Science. (= Report of the Natural Research Society. 28). Bamberg 1939.
- History and bibliography of astronomical literature in Germany during the Renaissance . 2nd edition Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1964, ISBN 3-7772-6407-5 (first edition Leipzig 1941).
- Origin and expansion of Copernican teaching , Beck, 2nd edition 1988 (first 1943)
- Astronomy. History of their problems ( Orbis academicus / 2; Vol. 1). Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / B. 1984, ISBN 3-495-44103-4 (reprint of the Munich 1951 edition).
- Astronomy , Munich: Alber 1951.
- Peter Henlein and the invention of the pocket watch. In: Yearbook of the German Society for Chronometry. Volume 4, 1953, pp. 8-12.
- On the interpretation of the astrological lead capsule in Freiburg . In: Research and Progress, 30. Jhrg. Heft 3, Berlin 1956, pp. 65–67.
- German and Dutch astronomical instruments from the 11th to 18th centuries Century. Beck Munich 1956 .; 2nd edition ibid 1967, further edition 1979.
- Old sundials on European buildings , Wiesbaden: Steiner 1964.
literature
- Literature by and about Ernst Zinner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Diedrich Wattenberg : Ernst Zinner February 2, 1886 to August 30, 1970 (obituary). In: Astronomische Nachrichten , Vol. 293 (1971), p. 79, bibcode : 1971AN .... 293 ... 79W .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry by Ernst Zinner at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 6, 2016.
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 22502
- ↑ From this, the studies on the "History of Astronomy" were published as a special edition.
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SURNAME | Zinner, Ernst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer and astronomy historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goldberg in Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1970 |
Place of death | Planegg |