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Austrian astronomer
Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler
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Austrian astronomer
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Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler
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Bad Bleiberg, Austria
Death
16 October 1946 (aged 87 years)
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Lübtheen, Germany
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87 years
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Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler (7 January 1849 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and climatologist.
He discovered 64 IC objects whilst working at Vienna Observatory and Comet 113P/Spitaler.
He was one of the first to speculate the existence of a 13th zodiacal constellation, which later became known as Ophiuchus.
Selected works
- Zeichnungen und Photographien am Grubb’schen Refractor von 68cm (27 engl. Zoll) Öffnung in den Jahren 1885 bis 1890 (1891)
- Bahnbestimmung des Kometen 1851 III (Brorsen) (1894)
- Periodische Verschiebungen des Schwerpunktes der Erde (1905)
- Die Achsenschwankungen der Erde als Ursache der Auslösung von Erdbeben (1913)
- Das Klima des Eiszeitalters (1921)
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Notable Austrian Astronomers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Austrian Scientists
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Austrian Physicists
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Austrian Meteorologists
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Austrian Professors
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Austrian Educators
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1850 to 1899
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