Wilhelm Julius Foerster
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Wilhelm Julius Foerster was a German astronomer.
Wilhelm Julius Foerster, c. 1905
Johann Franz Encke
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Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the Sun, and made observa
Wilhelm Julius Foerster
…astronomer. A native of Grünberg, Silesia, he studied at the University of Berlin and Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, and worked as Johann Franz Encke's assistant. In 1860, he co-discovered asteroid 62 Erato with Oskar Lesser, the first co-discovery on record. He became professor of astronomy at the…
Johann Franz Encke