George of Struve

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Georg Struve.

Georg Otto Hermann Struve (born December 17 . Jul / 29. December  1886 greg. In Pulkovo in St. Petersburg ; † 10. June 1933 in Berlin ) was a Baltic German astronomer from the great scientist Dynasty. He dealt primarily with bodies of the solar system , in particular with comets and minor planets as well as the system of Saturn's rings and moons .

Life

Struve was the son of the astronomer Hermann von Struve . From 1905 he studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Heidelberg . Struve continued his studies at the University of Berlin , where he successfully completed his doctorate in 1910 .

From 1911 he worked as an assistant at the observatory in Bonn , at the Berlin observatory and at the Bergedorf observatory near Hamburg . In the following year Struve became a permanent employee at the observatory of the Imperial Navy in Wilhelmshaven . During the First World War he was promoted to corvette captain at the observatory .

In 1919 he went to the observatory Babelsberg and habilitated in 1924 Professor . Extensive study trips to the observatories in Johannesburg (1926) and Chicago (Illinois) (1928) followed. Struve died in Berlin at the age of only 47.

Works (selection)

  • New elements of the inner Saturn satellites (1917)
  • On the disappearance of the ring of Saturn (1921, with Ernst Bernewitz )
  • Eclipses of the moons of Jupiter I and II (1921, with Bernewitz)
  • Observations of 562 stars on the meridian circle in Wilhelmshaven (1922)
  • Micrometer measurements of the planet Eros 1921-1922 at the 65 cm refractor in Berlin-Babelsberg (1922)
  • Determination of the diameter of the planet Venus ; Star occultation by Venus (1924/25)
  • Observations of comets in 1925 ... 1927 ... 1930 (1926/28/31)
  • Micrometer measurements of the uranium rods Oberon and Titania (1928)
  • Preliminary results of a comparison beatween visual and photographic observations of the satellites of Saturn, made in Johannesburg in 1926 (1928)
  • Second order visual stop stars for the Eros opposition 1930-31 (1930)
  • Micrometer measurements of Eros ... and Pluto (1931)
  • On the Astronomical Observing Conditions at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton (1932)

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personal data
SURNAME Struve, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Struve, Georg Otto Hermann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Pulkovo , Saint Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1933
Place of death Berlin