Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
German astronomer
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers 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. Wikipedia
Born: October 11, 1758, Hemelingen, Bremen, Germany
Died: March 2, 1840 (age 81 years), Bremen, Germany
Discovered: 4 Vesta, 2 Pallas, and 13P/Olbers
Education: University of Göttingen
Children: Georg Heinrich Olbers and Dorothea Focke
Parents: Johann Georg Olbers
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