Austrian astronomer (died 1925)

Johann Palisa

Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. Some of his notable discoveries include 153 Hilda, 216 Kleopatra, 243 Ida, 253 Mathilde, 324 Bamberga, and the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert. Palisa made his discoveries without the aid of photography, and he remains the most successful visual (non-photographic) asteroid discoverer of all time.

Born

1848

December 6

Died

1925

Era

1840s

Country

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Johann, in brief

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1848 Born
1925 Died

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1060 Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
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The world in 1925

When Johann departed

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Also born in 1848

Andrew Inglis Clark 1848–1907 Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907) Carl Wernicke 1848– German neuropathologist. (died 1905) Gottlob Frege 1848–1925 German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848) Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848–1933 American stained glass artist (died 1933) Tōgō Heihachirō 1848–1934 Japanese admiral (died 1934) Vilfredo Pareto 1848–1923 Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)

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