Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
Nationality
German
Known for
Titius–Bode law
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy
Doctoral advisor
Johann Georg Büsch
Doctoral students
Johann Pfaff
Johann Elert Bode (German:[ˈboːdə]; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law. Bode determined the orbit of Uranus and suggested the planet's name.
JohannElertBode (German: [ˈboːdə]; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the...
In a March 1782 treatise, JohannElertBode proposed Uranus, the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos. Bode argued that the name should...
and in 1787 he went to Berlin and studied practical astronomy under J. E. Bode. In 1788, Pfaff became professor of mathematics in Helmstedt, and continued...
upon by Joseph Johann von Littrow, who described it as the "conspicuous triangle" in the text of his atlas (1866), and JohannElertBode connected the...
Messier 81 was first discovered by JohannElertBode on 31 December 1774. Thus, it is sometimes referred to as "Bode's Galaxy". In 1779, Pierre Méchain...
containing stars between β Bootis (Nekkar) and η Ursae Majoris (Alkaid). JohannElertBode converted its name to Latin as Quadrans Muralis and shrank the constellation...
Friedhelm, ed. (2014). Der Briefwechsel zwischen Carl Friedrich Gauß und JohannElertBode. Acta Historica Astronomica (in German). Vol. 53. Leipzig: Akademische...
fourth such event ever detected). M82, with M81, was discovered by JohannElertBode in 1774; he described it as a "nebulous patch", this one about 3⁄4...
was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by JohannElertBode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier the next...
1782, and second in German translation and somewhat rearranged by JohannElertBode in the Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch for 1786. J'ajouterai seulement...
German-born translator and author Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743–1820), German critic and literary historian JohannElertBode (1747–1826), astronomer. He...
stars visible only to the naked eye, making it less cluttered. Unlike JohannElertBode and Jean Nicolas Fortin, who followed John Flamsteed's depictions...
Observatory. Johann III Bernoulli served from 1764 to 1787 as Director of the Old Observatory and was succeeded by JohannElertBode. Lambert fetched Bode to Berlin...
galaxy. Also known as "Sleeping Beauty Galaxy." Bode's Galaxy Ursa Major Named for JohannElertBode who discovered this galaxy in 1774. Also known as...
(the Hand of Justice and Sceptre) to honor Louis XIV in 1670, and JohannElertBode, who created Frederici Honores (Frederick's Glory) to honor Frederick...
Piscis Notius and used by German celestial cartographers Johann Bayer and JohannElertBode. Bayer also called it Piscis Meridanus and Piscis Austrinus...
stars. 1729 Atlas Coelestis by John Flamsteed 1801 Uranographia by JohannElertBode 1843 Uranometria Nova by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander 1914 Franklin-Adams...
cartographer Johann Bayer used the Greek letters alpha to theta to label the most prominent stars in the constellation, while his countryman JohannElertBode subsequently...
named after JohannElertBode (1747–1826), German astronomer, author of the Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch, known for the empirical Titius–Bode law about...
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