Wulff-Dieter Heintz
Wulff-Dieter Heintz | |
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| Born | 3 June 1930 binary stars |
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| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Swarthmore College Sproul Observatory |
Wulff-Dieter Heintz (3 June 1930 – 10 June 2006) was a
binary stars using astrometry.[2]
Life
Wulff-Dieter Heintz was born in
University of Munich in 1953. He did research at the University Observatory Munich's Southern Station on Mount Stromlo in Australia. Peter van de Kamp invited him to the Sproul Observatory to be a visiting professor in 1969. He subsequently joined the staff and became observatory director upon the retirement of van de Kamp in 1972. He remained a German citizen. He was an avid and expert chess player and authored a book on the game in German.[3]
The Barnard's Star affair
Sarah Lippincott. Upon his assumption of directorship in 1973, Wulff began questioning the findings of his former colleague and began publishing criticisms from 1976 onwards; Van de Kamp never admitted any error and the two friends are reported to have become estranged over this affair.[4]
Later life and death
Heintz retired from active teaching in 1998 but remained a frequent and popular guest at the college. He died on 10 June 2006, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 76.[3]
References
- ^ "Longtime Astronomy Professor Wulff Heintz Dies". 2006-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- Bibcode:2006BAAS...38.1274A.
- ^ a b "W. D. Heintz, 76, Dies; Studied Double Stars". The New York Times. 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ Kent, Bill (2001). "Barnard's Wobble". Bulletin. Swarthmore College. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
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