Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler

Austrian astronomer

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1859

Place of Birth: Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1946

Profession: astronomer, physicist, university teacher, meteorologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.He was one of the first to speculate the existence of a 13th zodiacal constellation, which later became known as Ophiuchus.