Heinrich Schlueter (astronomer)
Heinrich Schlüter (* 1815 in Hamburg , † March 17, 1844 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German astronomer .
Schlüter enrolled at the University of Königsberg in 1838 , where he studied with Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel , who hired him as an assistant at the observatory in 1841 . In the following years he published several articles (including work on binary stars and meteorites and a calculation of the orbit of comet C / 1843 J1 (Mauvais) ) in the Astronomical News . He died in 1844 at the age of 29.
The lunar crater Schlueter was named after him by the IAU in 1964 .
literature
- Siegmund Günther : Schlueter, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 612.
- Jahn: General register of volumes 21 to 40 of the Astronomical News. Hamburg 1856, p. 242
- Poggendorff: Biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of the exact sciences. Leipzig 1863, Vol. II, p. 810.
Web links
- M. Wichmann : Observations of two comets on the Königsberg heliometer, by H. Schlueter . In: Astronomical News , Volume 44 (1856), No. 1047, col. 233-236.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlueter, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1844 |
| Place of death | Königsberg (Prussia) |