Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and Jesuit priest (1720–1792)
Maximilian Hell Hell Miksa
Maximilian Hell dressed in Sami clothing during his stay at Vardø in 1769 to observe the Venus transit[1]
Born
Rudolf Maximilian Höll
(1720-05-15)May 15, 1720
Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)
Died
April 14, 1792(1792-04-14) (aged 71)
Vienna
Nationality
Hungarian[1][2][3][4]
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy
Maximilian Hell (Hungarian: Hell Miksa) (born Rudolf Maximilian Höll; May 15, 1720 – April 14, 1792) was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary. The lunar crater Hell is named after him.
^ abKragh, Helge (2008). The Moon that Wasn't: The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite. Springer. p. 199. ISBN 9783764389086.
^Barry Evans (1992). The Wrong-Way Comet and Other Mysteries of Our Solar System. Tab Books. p. 192. ISBN 9780830626700.
^Patrick Moore (2000). Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars. Cambridge University Press. pp. 213. ISBN 9780521793902.
^Charles Anthony Federer; Harvard College Observatory (1962). Sky and Telescope. Sky Pub. Corp. p. 213.
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