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'''Holger Thiele''' (September 25, 1878 – June 05, 1946) was a [[Danish American]] [[astronomer]].<ref>California Death Records[http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi]</ref> |
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==Background== |
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'''Holger Thiele''' (September 25, 1878 – 1946) was a [[Danish American]] [[astronomer]]. He was the son of [[Thorvald Nicolai Thiele]] (after whom [[1586 Thiele]] is named). |
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Holger Thiele was the son of [[Thorvald Nicolai Thiele]], the noted [[Danish]] astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom the [[Asteroid belt]] [[1586 Thiele]] is named. |
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==Career== |
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He discovered a few [[asteroid]]s. He also discovered the [[comet]] [[C/1906 V1]], and calculated the orbits of other comets. |
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Holger Thiele discovered a number of [[asteroid]]s. He also discovered the [[comet]] [[C/1906 V1]] and calculated the orbits of other comets. He worked at [[Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory]] at [[Bergedorf]], in [[Hamburg, Germany]]. He immigrated to the [[United States]] during 1912.<ref> The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. [http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=16227418720156843072&FNM=HOLGER&LNM=THIELE&PLNM=THIELE&CGD=M&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=2&pID=105009010033]</ref> |
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In 1917, he started working as a fellow for the [[University of California]] at [[Lick Observatory]], near [[San Jose, California]]. During 1946. Holger Thiele died in [[Alameda County, California]]. <ref>SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1917PA.....25..629.]</ref> |
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He worked at [[Hamburg Observatory]] at [[Bergedorf]]. After coming to the [[United States]], he worked at [[Lick Observatory]]. |
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==Selected Works== |
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*''Corrected elements and ephemeris of minor planet 1924 TD'' (Baade) (University of California Press. 1925) |
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*''Elements and ephemeris of Comet d 1927'' (Stearns) (University of California Press. 1927) |
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==References== |
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Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 05, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer.[1]
| 797 Montana | November 17, 1914 |
| 843 Nicolaia | September 30, 1916 |
| 1847 Stobbe | February 1, 1916 |
| 3229 Solnhofen | August 9, 1916 |
Background
Holger Thiele was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, the noted Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom the Asteroid belt 1586 Thiele is named.
Career
Holger Thiele discovered a number of asteroids. He also discovered the comet C/1906 V1 and calculated the orbits of other comets. He worked at Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory at Bergedorf, in Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the United States during 1912.[2] In 1917, he started working as a fellow for the University of California at Lick Observatory, near San Jose, California. During 1946. Holger Thiele died in Alameda County, California. [3]
Selected Works
- Corrected elements and ephemeris of minor planet 1924 TD (Baade) (University of California Press. 1925)
- Elements and ephemeris of Comet d 1927 (Stearns) (University of California Press. 1927)
References
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