Hans-Heinrich Voigt Explained

Native Name Lang:de
Birth Date:18 April 1921
Birth Place:Eitzendorf, Germany
Death Place:Göttingen, Germany
Fields:Astronomy, Astrophysics
Workplaces:Göttingen Observatory
Thesis Title:Dämpfung und Mitte-Rand-Variation der Flügel der Mg-Serie 31P-n1D auf der Sonne
Doctoral Advisor:Paul ten Bruggencate
Doctoral Students:Werner Landgraf
Known For:Abriß der Astronomie
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    Hans-Heinrich Voigt (18 April 1921[1] – 17 November 2017) was a German astronomer and director of the Göttingen Observatory.[2] [3]

    Voigt was ordinary professor of astronomy at the University of Göttingen and directed the Göttingen Observatory from 1963 to 1986, when he retired.[4] He was a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and its president from 1978 to 1979.[5] In 1993 he received the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal.

    He died on 17 November 2017 at the age of 96 in Göttingen.[6] In 1988 an asteroid was named 4378 Voigt after him.[7]

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Hans-Heinrich Voigt - Biografie Who's WHO.
    2. Web site: History of the Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen. 25 July 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110930083352/http://www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/institute/history/index.en.html. 30 September 2011.
    3. Web site: Literature by and about Hans-Heinrich Voigt in the catalog of the German National Library. 25 July 2013.
    4. Information of University of Göttingen to his 80th birthday : Hans-Heinrich Voigt wird 80 - Festakt zum Geburtstag des renommierten Göttinger Astronomen
    5. Web site: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Profile. 25 July 2013.
    6. Web site: Astronom Voigt gestorben. 25 November 2017.
    7. Book: Schmadel, Lutz. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1. 2003. Springer. 9783540002383. 376.
    8. Book: Voigt, Hans-Heinrich. Outline of astronomy. 1974. Noordhoff. Leyden. 9789001712709.
    9. Book: Voigt, Hans-Heinrich. Das Universum : Planeten - Sterne - Galaxien ; mit 8 Tabellen. 1994. Reclam. Stuttgart. 9783150052280.
    10. Book: Voigt, Hrsg. Hermann J. Röser; Hrsg. Hans H.. Abriß der Astronomie. 2009. WILEY-VCH. Weinheim, Bergstr. 9783527407361. 6., wes. überarb. u. erw. Aufl..

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