Lipót school yard
Leopold Schulhof (born March 12, 1847 in Baja , Bács-Bodrog county , † October 10, 1921 in Paris ; in the Hungarian spelling Schulhof Lipót; also Leopold Schulhoff) was an Austro-French astronomer .
Leopold Schulhof worked at the observatories of Vienna and Paris , where he is the observation of comets and asteroids dedicated and calculated their orbits. Among other things, he predicted the return of comet 15P / Finlay . In 1875 he discovered the asteroid (147) Protogeneia .
The asteroid (2384) school yard is named after himself .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schoolyard, Leopold . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, p. 160 ( digital copy ).
- H. Haupt: Schoolyard (f) Leopold (Lipót). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 321.
Web links
- Publications by L. Schulhof in the Astrophysics Data System
- G. Bigourdan: Announcement of the death of Léopold school yard. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 214 (1921), p. 405 (French)
- G. Bigourdan: Leopold Schulhof. L'Astronomie, vol. 36 (1922), pp. 84–87 (obituary, French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoolyard, Lipót |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | School yard, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baja , Bács-Bodrog county |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1921 |
| Place of death | Paris |