Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
Lithograph by Rudolph Suhrlandt
Born(1758-10-11)11 October 1758
Arbergen, Holy Roman Empire
Died2 March 1840(1840-03-02) (aged 81)
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, German Confederation
NationalityGerman
Known forOlbers's paradox
Pallas
Vesta
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
Astronomy

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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