Article ID: CBB000771290

The Discovery of the Companion of Sirius and Its Aftermath (2007)

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Description On the prediction by F. W. Bessel, the discovery by Alvan Clark in 1862, and the involvement of Urbain J. J. Le Verrier.


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Authors & Contributors
Descamps, Pascal
Sheehan, William
Kennett, Carolyn
Fages, Volny
Follesa, Laura
Warner, Deborah Jean
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Rittenhouse: Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
HOPOS
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Publishers
Springer International Publishing
Springer
Science History Publications
Editions EHESS
Concepts
Astronomy
Cosmology
Neptune
Galaxies; nebulae
Research institutes; research stations
Mathematics
People
Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
Arago, François Jean Dominique
Yarkovsky, I. O.
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
France
United States
Hanover (Germany)
Russia
Portugal
Germany
Institutions
Observatoire de Paris
Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa
Observatório Astronómico de Coimbra
Königsberg Sternwarte
Clark (Alvan) and Sons
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