Friedrich Bessel

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method of parallax.

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Who was born first?

• Friedrich Bessel and William Buckland were born the same year
• Friedrich Bessel and Christopher Hansteen were born the same year
• Friedrich Bessel and Charles Dupin were born the same year
• Friedrich Bessel and Leopoldo Nobili were born the same year
• Friedrich Bessel was born 1 year after Friedrich Sertürner

Timeline

1. Friedrich SertürnerJune 19, 1783 – February 20, 1841
2. Charles DupinOctober 6, 1784 – January 18, 1873
3. Christopher HansteenSeptember 26, 1784 – April 11, 1873
4. Friedrich Bessel (this page)July 22, 1784 – March 17, 1846
5. Leopoldo NobiliJuly 5, 1784 – August 22, 1835
6. William BucklandMarch 12, 1784 – August 14, 1856

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