Thomas Jefferson Jackson Lake
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See (born February 19, 1866 near Montgomery City , Missouri , † July 4, 1962 in Oakland , California ) was an American astronomer .
See was one of the most famous and controversial astronomers in the United States at the turn of the century . His main professional areas were the discovery and measurement of binary stars as well as the position and size determination of planets and moons . In view of the many double and multiple stars discovered in the 19th century , he used the Kant-Laplace hypothesis in 1893 to explain their formation from a primordial nebula and rotating equilibrium figures. Today's calculation models refute the postulated constrictions from a “pear shape”.
When searching for a hypothetical ninth planet beyond the orbit of Neptune , Thomas See calculated three alleged trans-Neptunes . With very idiosyncratic articles on various current scientific topics, he drew the resentment of many colleagues, but gained great popularity among the public. His tragic creative path began with a promising start to his career and ended largely in oblivion.
In 1897 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Jefferson Jackson See in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by TJJ See in the Astrophysics Data System
- Experts, owls and comets ... - The sage from Mare Island (PDF) (17 kB)
- Thomas Jefferson Jackson See: from astronomer to pseudoscientist - article by Florian Freistetter (Astrodictum simplex) on scienceblogs.de (accessed July 1, 2011)
- TJ Sherrill: A carrier of controversy: The anomaly of TJJ See . In: MA Hoskin: Journal for the history of astronomy , Vol. 30, 1999 - PDF, pp. 29–54 (English; 1.35 MB)
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Thomas Jefferson Jackson See. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ladislaus Weinek : Atlas der Himmelskunde , Verlag Hartleben, Vienna-Pest-Leipzig 1898, pp. 146–147.
- ↑ Member History: Thomas JJ See. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 8, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Missouri , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1962 |
| Place of death | Oakland , California |