Johann Tobias Mayer: Quick Facts


Facts

Born February 17, 1723 • Germany
Died February 20, 1762 (aged 39) • Göttingen • Germany
Subjects Of Study Moon • libration

Johannes Hevelius.
Johannes Hevelius
Polish astronomer
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Johann Heinrich von Mädler
German astronomer
Beer, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Beer
German banker
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
American astronomer and mathematician
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al-Kāshī
Persian astronomer and mathematician
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Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kozyrev
Russian astronomer
De la Rue
Warren De la Rue
British scientist and inventor
Sir George Darwin
Sir George Darwin
British astronomer
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George William Hill
American astronomer
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Charles-Eugène Delaunay
French astronomer
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Jeremiah Horrocks
British astronomer
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Jacques Cassini
French astronomer
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Ernest William Brown
British mathematician and astronomer
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Nabu-rimanni
Babylonian astronomer
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Wallace J. Eckert
American astronomer
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer