Hans-Heinrich Voigt
German astronomer
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| Intro | German astronomer | |
| Places | Germany | |
| is | Astronomer Educator | |
| Work field | Academia Science | |
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| Birth | 18 April 1921 | |
| Age | 103 years | |
| Star sign | Aries |
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Biography
Hans-Heinrich Voigt is a German astronomer and former director of the Göttingen Observatory.
Voigt was the director of the Göttingen Observatory from 1975 to 1983. He was a member of the Gottingen Academy of Sciences and was its president from 1978 to 1979. In 1993 he received the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal.
In 1988 an asteroid was named 4378 Voigt after him.
Works
- Outline of Astronomy (1974)
- Das Universum (1994)
- Abriß der Astronomie (2012)