Holger Thiele
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Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer.[1]
| 797 Montana | November 17, 1914 |
| 843 Nicolaia | September 30, 1916 |
| 1847 Stobbe | February 1, 1916 |
| 3229 Solnhofen | August 9, 1916 |
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)
References
- ↑ California Death Records
- ↑ The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc
- ↑ [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1917PA.....25..629. SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)]
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