Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German astronomer
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Place of Birth: Celle, Germany
About Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann
- Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann (1821 – 1859) was a German astronomer.
- He was an ardent observer of minor planets.
- A student of Friedrich Bessel, he observed with the famous Königsberg heliometer.
- In 1853 he published a determination of the parallax of Groombridge 1830.The asteroid 7103 Wichmann and the Wichmann crater on the Moon were named in his honour.
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