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Bes·sel (b

l), Friedrich Wilhelm 1784-1846.

Prussian astronomer who recalculated the orbit of Halley's comet (1804), verified by parallax the distance from Earth to the twin star 61 Cygni (1838), and developed a class of mathematical functions based on his study of planetary perturbation.

Bessel [ˈbɛs^əl]

(Biographies / Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm (1784-1846) M, German, SCIENCE: astronomer, SCIENCE: mathematician) Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784-1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics

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Bessel - German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

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