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 Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach
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| Born | June 4, 1754 Pest |
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| Died | September 2, 1832 |
| Nationality | Hungary |
| Fields | astronomy |
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754–September 2, 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Pest (ˈpɛʃt Slovak: Pešť, Croatian: Pešta, Serbian: Пешта / Pešta is the eastern mostly flat part of Budapest Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Freiherr, a German word is a title of Nobility of lower Peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Pest (ˈpɛʃt Slovak: Pešť, Croatian: Pešta, Serbian: Пешта / Pešta is the eastern mostly flat part of Budapest
He served for some time in the Austrian army, and afterwards lived in London from 1783 to 1786 as tutor in the house of the Saxon minister, Count Brühl. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Heinrich count von Brühl ( August 13, 1700 &ndash October 28, 1763) German statesman at the court of Saxony, was In 1786 he was appointed by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg director of the new observatory on the Seeberg at Gotha, which was finished in 1791. Ernest II Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b Gotha, 30 January 1745 - d Seeberg is a municipality in the district of Wangen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. At the close of the 18th century, he organised a group of twenty-four astronomers to prepare for a systematic search for the "missing planet" predicted by the Titius-Bode law between Mars and Jupiter. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The Titius–Bode law (sometimes termed just Bode's law) is a hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems including Sol 's orbit at semi-major axes Ironically, Ceres was discovered by accident just as the search was getting underway. Ceres (ˈsɪəriːz From 1806 Zach accompanied the duke's widow on her travels in the south of Europe. He died in Paris in 1832. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
Zach published Tables of the Sun (Gotha, 1792; new and improved edition, ibid. , 1804), and numerous papers on geographical subjects, particularly on the geographical positions of many towns and places, which he determined on his travels with a sextant. This article is about the sextant as used for Navigation. For the astronomer's sextant, see Sextant (astronomical.
His principal importance was, however, as editor of three scientific journals of great value: Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden (4 vols. , Gotha, 1798-1799), Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde (28 vols. , Gotha, 1800-1813, from 1807 edited by B. von Lindenau), and Correspondance astronomique, geographique, hydrographique, et statistique (Genoa, 1818-1826, 14 vols. , and one number of the 15th, the suppression of which was instigated by the Jesuits). The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order
Asteroid 999 Zachia and Zach crater on the moon are named after him, while asteroid 64 Angelina is named after an astronomical station he set up near Marseille. Zach is a lunar Impact crater located in the heavily-cratered southern sector of the moon TemplateInfobox Planet. --> 64 Angelina is a medium-sized Main belt Asteroid and is an uncommon Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ
Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a title, translated as Baron, not a first or middle name. Freiherr, a German word is a title of Nobility of lower Peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin. Freiherr, a German word is a title of Nobility of lower Peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches Freiherr, a German word is a title of Nobility of lower Peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Brosche, P. : Der Astronom der Herzogin, Acta Historica Astronomiae Vol. 12, Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2001 ISBN 978-3-8171-1656-0
- "Cunningham, C. (2004): The Collected Correspondence of Baron Franz von Zach, Vol. 1: Letters with Sniadecki" ISBN 0-9708162-4-3
- Cunningham, C. (2006): The Collected Correspondence of Baron Franz von Zach, Vol. 2: Letters with Schedius" ISBN 0-9708162-7-8
- Vargha, M. , 2005: Franz Xaver von Zach (1754-1832). His Life and Times. Konkoly Obs. Monographs No. 5, Budapest.
- Gosteli, L; Boschung, U & Brosche, P (1998), “[Astronomer, world citizen, bladder calculus patient. Franz Xaver von Zach's letters to Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli 1821-1832]”, Gesnerus. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Supplement 45: 1-382, 1998, PMID:9847463, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9847463>
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