Friedrich Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (German: [ˈbɛsəl]; 22 Julie 1784 – 17 Mairch 1846) wis a German astronomer, mathematician, pheesicist an geodesist. He wis the first astronomer wha determined reliable values for the distance frae the sun tae anither starn bi the method o parallax. A special teep o mathematical functions war named Bessel functions efter Bessel's daith, tho thay haed oreeginally been discovered bi Daniel Bernoulli.
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Tabulae Regiomontanae reductionum observationum astronomicarum ab anno 1750 usque ad annum 1850 computatae, 1830
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel | |
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.jpg) C. A. Jensen, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1839 (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek) | |
| Born | 22 Julie 1784 Minden, Minden-Ravensberg (present-day Germany) |
| Dee'd | 17 Mairch 1846 (aged 61) Königsberg, Proushie (present-day Kaliningrad, Roushie) |
| Residence | Proushie |
| Naitionality | Proushie (German) |
| Kent for | Bessel functions Stellar parallax Bessel ellipsoid |
| Awairds | PhD (Hon): Varsity o Göttingen (1811) Lalande Prize (1811) Gowd Medal o the Ryal Astronomical Society (1829 an 1841) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, mathematics, geodesy |
| Institutions | Varsity o Königsberg |
| Doctoral students | Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander |
| Influences | Carl Friedrich Gauss |