About Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler
Lived 1859 – 1946 (aged 87). Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler was an Austrian astronomer, physicist, meteorologist, university teacher, climatologist and privatdozent.
Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler (7 January 1849 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and climatologist.
He discovered 64 IC objects whilst working at Vienna Observatory and Comet 113P/Spitaler.
The geophysicist and meteorologist Leo Wenzel Pollak was one of his PhD students.
He was one of the first to speculate the existence of a 13th zodiacal constellation, which later became known as Ophiuchus.
Selected works Zeichnungen und Photographien am Grubb’schen Refractor von 68cm (27 engl. Zoll) Öffnung in den Jahren 1885 bis 1890 (1891) Bahnbestimmung des Kometen 1851 III (Brorsen) (1894) Periodische Verschiebungen des Schwerpunktes der Erde (1905) Die Achsenschwankungen der Erde als Ursache der Auslösung von Erdbeben (1913) Das Klima des Eiszeitalters (1921)
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Who was Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler?
Austrian astronomer (1859–1946)
When was Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler born?
Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler was born on 7 January 1859 in Bad Bleiberg.
When did Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler die?
Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler died on 16 October 1946 in Lübtheen.
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Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler was an astronomer, physicist, meteorologist, university teacher, climatologist and privatdozent.
What nationality was Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler?
Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler was Austrian.
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