Friedrich Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel | |
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.jpg) C. A. Jensen, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1839 (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek) | |
| Born | 22 Julie 1784 Minden, Minden-Ravensberg (present-day Germany) |
| Dee'd | 17 Mairch 1846 (aged 61) Königsberg, Proushie (present-day Kaliningrad, Roushie) |
| Residence | Proushie |
| Naitionality | Proushie (German) |
| Kent for | Bessel functions Stellar parallax Bessel ellipsoid |
| Awairds | PhD (Hon): Varsity o Göttingen (1811) Lalande Prize (1811) Gowd Medal o the Ryal Astronomical Society (1829 an 1841) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, mathematics, geodesy |
| Institutions | Varsity o Königsberg |
| Doctoral students | Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander |
| Influences | Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (German: [ˈbɛsəl]; 22 Julie 1784 – 17 Mairch 1846) wis a German astronomer, mathematician, pheesicist an geodesist. He wis the first astronomer wha determined reliable values for the distance frae the sun tae anither starn bi the method o parallax. A special teep o mathematical functions war named Bessel functions efter Bessel's daith, tho thay haed oreeginally been discovered bi Daniel Bernoulli.
Tabulae Regiomontanae reductionum observationum astronomicarum ab anno 1750 usque ad annum 1850 computatae, 1830
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