About Axel Möller
Lived 1830 – 1896 (aged 66). Axel Möller was a Swedish astronomer.
Didrik Magnus Axel Möller (16 February 1830 – 25 October 1896) was a Swedish astronomer.
He matriculated as a student at Lund University in 1846, received his Ph.D. in 1853 and was Professor of Astronomy there from 1863 until 1895.
He calculated the orbits of comets and asteroids. He notably calculated the orbit of the periodic comet 4P/Faye, as well as the perturbations of the asteroid 55 Pandora.
He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1869 and won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1881.
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Who was Axel Möller?
Swedish astronomer (1830-1896)
When was Axel Möller born?
Axel Möller was born on 16 February 1830 in Västra Alstad church parish.
When did Axel Möller die?
Axel Möller died on 25 October 1896 in Lund.
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Axel Möller was an astronomer.
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Axel Möller was Swedish.
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