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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
Lithograph by Rudolph Suhrlandt
Born
(1758-10-11)11 October 1758
Arbergen, Holy Roman Empire
Died
2 March 1840(1840-03-02) (aged 81)
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, German Confederation
Nationality
German
Known for
Olbers' paradox Pallas Vesta
Scientific career
Fields
Medicine Astronomy
Olbers monument in Bremen by Carl Johann Steinhäuser (1850)
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ˈɔːlbərz/; German:[ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta.
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