Article ID: CBB107743558

Research on Asteroids of Christian Ludwig Gerling and His Students in the Nineteenth Century (2018)

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One of the major topics in astronomy at the beginning of the nineteenth century was the interpretation of the observations of the first asteroids. In 1810, Christian Ludwig Gerling at the age of 22 came to Göttingen University to continue his academic studies. Supervised by Carl Friedrich Gauß at the observatory, he was engaged in studies of theoretical and practical astronomy. Starting in 1812, Gerling accepted the responsibility for collecting observational data of the asteroid Vesta from the European observatories and for calculating the ephemeris of this new minor planet. In 1817, Gerling was appointed professor at Marburg University. One of his early astronomical projects in Marburg was his contribution to the Berliner Akademische Sternkarten. After completion of his observatory in 1841, Gerling’s students started observing and theoretically analysing the orbits of the continuously newly discovered asteroids including the perturbation of the larger solar system bodies. The observations at Gerling’s observatory are the first astrometric measurements of solar system’s minor bodies of Hesse.

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Authors & Contributors
Cunningham, Clifford J.
Orchiston, Wayne
Marsden, Brian G.
Schrimpf, Andreas
Bryan, James
Casas, Ricard
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Astronomy
European Physical Journal H
Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica
British Journal for the History of Science
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Publishers
Springer
Guaraldi
Concepts
Astronomy
Asteroids
Observation
Solar system; planets
Astronomical observatories
Correspondence and corresponding
People
Gerling, Christian Ludwig
Herschel, William
Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Gilliss, James Melville
Banks, Joseph
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
United States
Chile
Italy
Europe
Spain
Institutions
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Lick Observatory
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Naval Observatory
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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