Hans-Heinrich Voigt
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Hans-Heinrich Voigt | |
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![]() Voigt in 1993 | |
Born | Eitzendorf, Germany | April 18, 1921
Died | November 17, 2017 Göttingen, Germany | (aged 96)
Known for | Abriß der Astronomie |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy , Astrophysics |
Institutions | Göttingen Observatory |
Thesis | Dämpfung und Mitte-Rand-Variation der Flügel der Mg-Serie 31P-n1D auf der Sonne |
Doctoral advisor | Paul ten Bruggencate |
Doctoral students | Werner Landgraf |
Hans-Heinrich Voigt (18 April 1921[1] – 17 November 2017) was a German astronomer and director of the Göttingen Observatory.[2][3]
Voigt was ordinary professor of astronomy at the University of Göttingen and directed the Göttingen Observatory from 1963 to 1986, when he retired.[4][5] He was a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and its president from 1978 to 1979.[6] In 1993 he received the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal.
He died on 17 November 2017 at the age of 96 in Göttingen.[7] In 1988 an asteroid was named 4378 Voigt after him.[5]
Works
References
- ^ "Hans-Heinrich Voigt - Biografie Who's WHO".
- ^ "History of the Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Literature by and about Hans-Heinrich Voigt in the catalog of the German National Library". Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ Information of University of Göttingen to his 80th birthday : Hans-Heinrich Voigt wird 80 - Festakt zum Geburtstag des renommierten Göttinger Astronomen
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1. Springer. p. 376. ISBN 9783540002383.
- ^ "Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Profile". Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Astronom Voigt gestorben". Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Voigt, Hans-Heinrich (1974). Outline of astronomy. Leyden: Noordhoff. ISBN 9789001712709.
- ^ Voigt, Hans-Heinrich (1994). Das Universum : Planeten - Sterne - Galaxien ; mit 8 Tabellen. Stuttgart: Reclam. ISBN 9783150052280.
- ^ Voigt, Hrsg. Hermann J. Röser; Hrsg. Hans H. (2009). Abriß der Astronomie (6., wes. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. ed.). Weinheim, Bergstr: WILEY-VCH. ISBN 9783527407361.
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