Astronomical Calculation Institute (Heidelberg University)
The Astronomical Calculation Institute (
Description
The ARI has a rich history.
The ARI has been responsible among other things for the
During 1938–1945, whilst based in Berlin, ARI published the academic journal
In 2007 professors Eva K. Grebel and Joachim Wambsganß (de) became co-directors of the institute.
Other researchers involved with the institute include Hartmut Jahreiß author of the updated Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars; Eugene Rabe; Lutz D. Schmadel, author of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names; Hans Scholl; and Rainer Spurzem working with N-body simulations.
Directors
Between 1700 and 2007 there was a single director of the institute at a time. From 2007 onwards there were joint co-directors of the institute:
From/to | Director |
---|---|
1700–1710 | Gottfried Kirch |
1710–1716 | Johann Heinrich Hoffmann |
1716–1740 | Christfried Kirch |
1740–1745 | Johann Wilhelm Wagner |
1745–1749 | August Nathanael Grischow |
1752–1752 | Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande
|
1754–1755 | Johann Kies |
1755–1755 | Franz Ulrich Theodosius Aepinus
|
1756–1756 | Johann Jakob Huber |
1758–1758 | Johann Albert Euler |
1764–1787 | Johann III Bernoulli |
1787–1825 | Johann Elert Bode |
1825–1863 | Johann Franz Encke |
1865–1874 | Wilhelm Foerster
|
1874–1895 | Friedrich Tietjen |
1896–1909 | Julius Bauschinger |
1909–1922 | Fritz Cohn (de) |
1924–1954 | August Kopff |
1955–1985 | Walter Fricke |
1985–2004 | Roland Wielen |
2004–2007 | Joachim Wambsganß (de) |
2007–pres. | Eva Grebel / Joachim Wambsganß |
Notes
- ^ "ARI History (- 1968) (German)". ARI. 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ^ Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars
See also
- Gottfried Kirch
- Center of Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg
- Astronomische Gesellschaft
External links
- Homepage of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
- MODEST, dynamics of star clusters, galaxies and galactic nuclei
- GRACE, project led by Rainer Spurzem to use reconfigurable hardware for astrophysical particle simulations