!!!Oppolzer, Theodor von

b. Prague (Czech Republic), Oct. 26, 1841, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 26, 1886, astronomer and mathematician; son of Johann 
von  Oppolzer. From 1875 university professor in Vienna. Pioneering 
work: calculation of the paths of planets and comets, graduating and 
theoretical astronomy (calculation of all eclipses of the sun and moon 
between 1207 B.C. and 2163 A.D.).

!Works
Lehrbuch zur Bahnbestimmung der Kometen und Planeten, 
2 vols, 1870/1880; Syzygientafeln fuer den Mond, 1881; Canon der 
Finsternisse, 1887.

!Literature
OeBL.



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