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Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

  • Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
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Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm
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Date of birth
1758-10-11
Place of birth
Bremen
Date of death
1840-03-02
Place of death
Bremen

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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (; German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) 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.

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