Werner Landgraf
Werner Landgraf | |
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Born | Mainz, Germany | July 29, 1959
Nationality | German |
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Fields | Astrophysics, Cosmology, Fundamental Physics |
Thesis | Nichtgravitative Kräfte beim Halleyschen Kometen (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Hans-Heinrich Voigt |
Werner Landgraf (born 29 July 1959, in
Life
W. Landgraf studied physics at the University of Siegen in 1977 and was working on his first astronomical projects.[1] His earliest work was very inspired by Brian G. Marsden and Victor Shor. Two years later, he joined the Department of Astrophysics of University of Göttingen. There he presented his thesis The calculation of atmospheric models and line profiles for the analysis of stellar spectra. He graduated from the university in 1983,[2] and then he worked until 1988 on his dissertation Nongravitational forces of Comet Halley.,[3] under supervision by Hans-Heinrich Voigt.
In 1986, W. Landgraf received a teaching position at the University of Siegen. In addition to the main lecture about astronomy and astrophysics, he gave lectures also on solar system objects and their motion, Relativity and Cosmology.[4]
Work
W. Landgraf's work mainly concerns the verification and determination of
He also developed a method of eliminating systematic errors in positioning brighter comets that resulted in a more accurate prediction of the
3683 Baumann |
23 June 1987 |
4349 Tibúrcio | 5 June 1989 |
4378 Voigt |
14 May 1988 |
7696 Liebe |
10 May 1988 |
9938 Kretlow |
14 May 1988 |
17412 Kroll |
24 May 1988 |
29148 Palzer |
10 May 1988 |
He discovered seven minor planets including
He examined the properties,
Honours
In 1987, asteroid
References
- ^ "Siegener Universitäts-Sternwarte" (PDF) (in German).
- ^ "1984MitAG..61..119. Page 123". articles.adsabs.harvard.edu.
- ^ "Nichtgravitative Kräfte beim Halleyschen Kometen".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Summary: Report of IAU Commission 20". p. 196.
- ^ a b "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet". pp. 289–294.
- ^ "Halley First Sighting Is 200 Years Older". Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ISBN 979-10-90349-07-0.
- Bibcode:1985S&W....24...65L.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Welt und Wirkungsprinzip (2.Aufl. 2010) : (pdf)
- ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.