Christoph Arnold
Christoph Arnold (17 December 1650 – 15 April 1695) was a German farmer and amateur astronomer.[1][2]
Life[edit]
Born in Sommerfeld near Leipzig, Arnold was a farmer by profession. Interested in astronomy, he spotted the great comet of 1683, eight days before Hevelius did. He also observed the great comet of 1686. In 1686, Kirch went to Leipzig. There, he observed the great comet of 1686, together with Gottfried Kirch. There, Kirch met his second wife, Maria Margarethe Winckelmann (1670–1720), who had actually learned astronomy from Arnold.
Arnold observed the transit of Mercury in front of the sun on 13 October 1690. For this work, he received some money and a tax exemption from the town of Leipzig. He was the author of Göttliche Gnadenzeichen, in einem Sonnenwunder vor Augen gestellt (Leipzig, 1692) which contains an account of the transit of Mercury in 1690. He died at Leipzig.
Honors[edit]
Lunar crater Arnold and asteroid 121016 Christopharnold were named in his honor.[2][3] The asteroid's official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 29 October 2012 (M.P.C. 81070).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Arnold, Christoph (1650–1695)". Red Hill Observatory – Christof A. Plicht. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 121016 Christopharnold (1999 BW3)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Arnold Crater". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
External links[edit]
- Chris Plicht, Biographies Archived 15 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Messier Catalog: Online Biography of Gottfried Kirch
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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