Holger Thiele

Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer.^[1]

Background

Holger Thiele was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, the noted Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom the Asteroid belt 1586 Thiele is named.

Career

Holger Thiele discovered a number of asteroids. He also discovered the comet C/1906 V1 and calculated the orbits of other comets. He worked at Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory at Bergedorf, in Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the United States during 1912.^[2] In 1917, he started working as a fellow for the University of California at Lick Observatory, near San Jose, California. During 1946. Holger Thiele died in Alameda County, California.^[3]

Selected works

• Corrected elements and ephemeris of minor planet 1924 TD (Baade) (University of California Press. 1925)
• Elements and ephemeris of Comet d 1927 (Stearns) (University of California Press. 1927)

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