Johann Tobias Bürg

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Johann Tobias Bürg.

Johann Tobias Bürg (December 24, 1766 – November 15, 1835) was an Austrian astronomer.

Born in Vienna, Bürg worked as a professor and astronomer in Klagenfurt, in Carinthia. He subsequently worked as astronomical assistant at the observatory at Vienna from 1792 until he retired in 1813.

He published some astronomical tables on the Moon that were praised for their accuracy. For these astronomical tables, Bürg was made a member of the French Academie des Sciences. He died at Wiesenau, near Klagenfurt.

The crater Bürg on the Moon is named after him. Johann Heinrich von Mädler honored Burg with this naming in 1834.

Notes

^ Adolf Drechsler in his Ill. Lexikon der Astronomie (Leipzig, 1881) gives Trier as Bürg's place of birth and 1835 as the year of death. Some sources give November 15 as his date of birth, others November 25. 1834 is sometimes given as his year of death.

Sources

(German) Aeiou: Johann Tobias Bürg
(English) Chris Plicht, "Johann Tobias Bürg"
(French) Craters

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Name	Burg, Johann Tobias
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Short description	Austrian astronomer
Date of birth	December 24, 1766
Place of birth
Date of death	November 15, 1835
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