Wilhelm, Freiherr von Biela: Quick Facts


Facts

Born March 19, 1782 • Saxony
Died February 18, 1856 (aged 73) • Venice • Italy
Subjects Of Study comet • Biela’s Comet

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Fred L. Whipple
American astronomer
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
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Maria Kirch
German astronomer
Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell
American astronomer
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Carolyn Shoemaker
American astronomer
Olbers, detail from an engraving
Wilhelm Olbers
German astronomer
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Peter Naur
Danish astronomer and computer scientist
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Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Italian astronomer
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Gene Shoemaker
American astrogeologist
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David H. Levy
Canadian astronomer and science writer
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John Bainbridge
English astronomer
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Pierre Mechain
French scientist
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Giovanni Battista Donati
Italian astronomer
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Alexis Bouvard
French astronomer
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Georg von Peuerbach
Austrian mathematician
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Georg Joachim Rheticus
Austrian astronomer
Johann Georg Hagen, c. 1920
Johann Georg Hagen
Austrian astronomer
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Johann Palisa
Silesian astronomer
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer