Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler
Austrian astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and climatologist
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Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler (7 January 1849 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and climatologist.[1][2][3][4]
Born7 January 1849
Died16 October 1946 (aged 97)
OccupationsAstronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist, and climatologist
Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler | |
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Portrait of Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler | |
| Born | 7 January 1849 |
| Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 97) |
| Occupations | Astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist, and climatologist |
He discovered 64 IC objects whilst working at Vienna Observatory and Comet 113P/Spitaler.[5]
The geophysicist and meteorologist Leo Wenzel Pollak was one of his PhD students.[6]
He was one of the first to speculate the existence of a 13th zodiacal constellation, which later became known as Ophiuchus.[citation needed]
Selected works
- Zeichnungen und Photographien am Grubb’schen Refractor von 68cm (27 engl. Zoll) Öffnung in den Jahren 1885 bis 1890 (1891)
- Bahnbestimmung des Kometen 1851 III (Brorsen) (1894)
- Periodische Verschiebungen des Schwerpunktes der Erde (1905)
- Die Achsenschwankungen der Erde als Ursache der Auslösung von Erdbeben (1913)
- Das Klima des Eiszeitalters (1921)
