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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="هاينريش أولبرز – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هاينريش أولبرز" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matth%C3%A4us_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8" title="হাইনরিখ অলবার্স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হাইনরিখ অলবার্স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81" title="Генрых Вільгельм Матэус Ольберс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Генрых Вільгельм Матэус Ольберс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81" title="Хайнрих Вилхелм Олберс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хайнрих Вилхелм Олберс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Olbers" title="Heinrich Olbers – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Heinrich Olbers" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%87_%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BB%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BC_%CE%8C%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%82" title="Χάινριχ Βίλχελμ Όλμπερς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χάινριχ Βίλχελμ Όλμπερς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Olbers" title="Heinrich Olbers – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Heinrich Olbers" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="هاینریش ویلهلم ماتیاس البرس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هاینریش ویلهلم ماتیاس البرس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Olbers" title="Heinrich Olbers – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Heinrich Olbers" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Olbers" title="Heinrich Olbers – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Heinrich Olbers" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%A6%AC%ED%9E%88_%EC%98%AC%EB%B2%A0%EB%A5%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="하인리히 올베르스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하인리히 올베르스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AD_%D5%95%D5%AC%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD" title="Հենրիխ Օլբերս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հենրիխ Օլբերս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matth%C3%A4us_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="היינריך וילהלם אולברס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="היינריך וילהלם אולברס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matth%C3%A4us_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%82_%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಹೆನ್ರಿಚ್ ಡಬ್ಲ್ಯು ಎಂ ಆಲ್ಬರ್ಸ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಹೆನ್ರಿಚ್ ಡಬ್ಲ್ಯು ಎಂ ಆಲ್ಬರ್ಸ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ჰაინრიხ ვილჰელმ ოლბერსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰაინრიხ ვილჰელმ ოლბერსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81" title="Генрих Вильгельм Ольберс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Генрих Вильгельм Ольберс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henricus_Gulielmus_Olbers" title="Henricus Gulielmus Olbers – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Henricus Gulielmus Olbers" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81" title="Хајнрих Вилхелм Олберс – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Хајнрих Вилхелм Олберс" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ჰაინრიხ ვილჰელმ მათიას ოლბერსი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჰაინრიხ ვილჰელმ მათიას ოლბერსი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="هاينريش اولبرز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هاينريش اولبرز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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Olbers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg/200px-Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg/300px-Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg/400px-Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="731" data-file-height="975" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Lithography" title="Lithography">Lithograph</a> by <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Suhrlandt" title="Rudolph Suhrlandt">Rudolph Suhrlandt</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1758-10-11</span>)</span>11 October 1758<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Arbergen" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbergen">Arbergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">2 March 1840<span style="display:none">(1840-03-02)</span> (aged 81)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Bremen_(state)" title="Bremen (state)">Free Hanseatic City of Bremen</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">German</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olbers%27_paradox" class="mw-redirect" title="Olbers' paradox">Olbers' paradox</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/2_Pallas" title="2 Pallas">Pallas</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">Vesta</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">Medicine</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">Astronomy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG/220px-Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG/330px-Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG/440px-Olbers-Denkmal-Bremen.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Olbers monument in Bremen by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Johann_Steinh%C3%A4user" title="Carl Johann Steinhäuser">Carl Johann Steinhäuser</a> (1850)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈɔlbɐs]</a></span>; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomer</a>. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids <a href="/wiki/2_Pallas" title="2 Pallas">Pallas</a> and <a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">Vesta</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Olbers was born in <a href="/wiki/Arbergen" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbergen">Arbergen</a>, Germany, today part of <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>, and studied to be a <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_G%C3%B6ttingen" title="University of Göttingen">Göttingen</a> (1777–80). While he was at Göttingen, he studied mathematics with <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Gotthelf_K%C3%A4stner" title="Abraham Gotthelf Kästner">Abraham Gotthelf Kästner</a>. In 1779, while attending to a sick fellow student, he devised a method of calculating cometary orbits which made an epoch in the treatment of the subject,<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it was the first satisfactory method of calculating cometary orbits. After his graduation in 1780, he began practicing <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a> in Bremen. At night he dedicated his time to <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomical</a> observation, making the upper story of his home into an <a href="/wiki/Observatory" title="Observatory">observatory</a>. </p><p>In 1800, Olbers was one of 24 astronomers invited to participate in the group known as the "<a href="/wiki/Celestial_police" title="Celestial police">celestial police</a>", dedicated to finding new planets in the solar system. On 28 March 1802, Olbers discovered and named the <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a> <a href="/wiki/2_Pallas" title="2 Pallas">Pallas</a>. Five years later, on 29 March 1807, he discovered the asteroid <a href="/wiki/4_Vesta" title="4 Vesta">Vesta</a>, which he allowed <a href="/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss" title="Carl Friedrich Gauss">Carl Friedrich Gauss</a> to name. As the word "asteroid" was not yet coined, the literature of the time referred to these <a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">minor planets</a> as <a href="/wiki/Planets" class="mw-redirect" title="Planets">planets</a> in their own right. He proposed that the <a href="/wiki/Asteroid_belt" title="Asteroid belt">asteroid belt</a>, where these objects lay, was the remnants of a <a href="/wiki/Phaeton_(planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaeton (planet)">planet that had been destroyed</a>. The current view of most scientists is that tidal effects from the planet Jupiter disrupted the planet-formation process in the asteroid belt. On 6 March 1815, Olbers discovered a periodic <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comet</a>, now named after him (formally designated <a href="/wiki/13P/Olbers" title="13P/Olbers">13P/Olbers</a>). <a href="/wiki/Olbers%27_paradox" class="mw-redirect" title="Olbers' paradox">Olbers' paradox</a>, described by him in 1823 (and then reformulated in 1826), states that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the supposition of an infinite and eternal <a href="/wiki/Static_universe" title="Static universe">static universe</a>. </p><p>In July 1804, the young <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Bessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedrich Bessel">Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel</a> contacted Olbers to get his opinion of Bessel's treatise on orbit calculation of <a href="/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet" title="Halley's Comet">Halley's Comet</a>. Olbers noticed the outstanding quality of this work and arranged for its publication. </p><p>In 1804, Olbers was elected a <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">Fellow of the Royal Society</a> of London,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1809, corresponding member living abroad of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences">Royal Institute of the Netherlands</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1822, a Foreign Honorary Member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AAAS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAAS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1827, a foreign member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences">Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences</a>. </p><p>Olbers was deputed by his fellow citizens to assist at the <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> of <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_II_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon II of France">Napoleon II of France</a> on 9 June 1811. He was a member of the <i>corps legislatif</i> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> 1812–13. He died in Bremen aged 81. He was twice married, and one son survived him.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Olbers%27_paradox" class="mw-redirect" title="Olbers' paradox">Olbers' paradox</a>, the argument that the dark sky at night shows that stars cannot be evenly distributed through infinite space, is named for him, though others had also advanced it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following celestial features are named for Olbers: </p> <ul><li>The periodic comet <a href="/wiki/13P/Olbers" title="13P/Olbers">13P/Olbers</a></li> <li>The minor planet <a href="/wiki/1002_Olbersia" title="1002 Olbersia">1002 Olbersia</a></li> <li>The lunar crater <i><a href="/wiki/Olbers_(crater)" title="Olbers (crater)">Olbers</a></i></li> <li>The albedo feature <i><a href="/wiki/4_Vesta#Surface_features" title="4 Vesta">Olbers</a></i> on Vesta's surface</li></ul> <p>There is a statue of Olbers of 1850 in the former rampart area in Bremen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olbers,_Wilhelm_%E2%80%93_Abhandlung_%C3%BCber_die_leichteste_und_bequemste_Methode_die_Bahn_eines_Cometen_zu_berechnen,_1797_%E2%80%93_BEIC_754601.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10060617-2"><i>Abhandlung über die leichteste und bequemste Methode die Bahn eines Cometen zu berechnen</i></a> (in German). Weimar: Verlag des Industrie-Comptoirs. 1797.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Abhandlung+%C3%BCber+die+leichteste+und+bequemste+Methode+die+Bahn+eines+Cometen+zu+berechnen&rft.place=Weimar&rft.pub=Verlag+des+Industrie-Comptoirs&rft.date=1797&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmdz-nbn-resolving.de%2Furn%3Anbn%3Ade%3Abvb%3A12-bsb10060617-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Olbers,_Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias">Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 63.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Olbers%2C+Heinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=63&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27olbers%27%29">"Library and archive catalogue"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Library+and+archive+catalogue&rft.pub=Royal+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.royalsociety.org%2FDServe%2Fdserve.exe%3FdsqIni%3DDserve.ini%26dsqApp%3DArchive%26dsqCmd%3DShow.tcl%26dsqDb%3DPersons%26dsqPos%3D0%26dsqSearch%3D%2528Surname%253D%2527olbers%2527%2529&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200613191618/https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002133">"Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758–1840)"</a>. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002133">the original</a> on 13 June 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Heinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers+%281758%E2%80%931840%29&rft.pub=Royal+Netherlands+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dwc.knaw.nl%2Fbiografie%2Fpmknaw%2F%3Fpagetype%3DauthorDetail%26aId%3DPE00002133&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAAS-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAAS_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf">"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 August</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Book+of+Members%2C+1780%E2%80%932010%3A+Chapter+B&rft.pub=American+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amacad.org%2Fpublications%2FBookofMembers%2FChapterB.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Olbers" class="extiw" title="commons:Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBessel1845" class="citation journal cs1">Bessel, F. W. (1845). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1424615">"Über Olbers"</a>. <i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i>. <b>22</b> (18): 265–270. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1844AN.....22..265B">1844AN.....22..265B</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fasna.18450221802">10.1002/asna.18450221802</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Astronomische+Nachrichten&rft.atitle=%C3%9Cber+Olbers&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=18&rft.pages=265-270&rft.date=1845&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fasna.18450221802&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1844AN.....22..265B&rft.aulast=Bessel&rft.aufirst=F.+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1424615&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCunningham2006" class="citation book cs1">Cunningham, C. J. (2006). <i>The Origin of the Asteroids: Olbers versus Regner</i>. Star Lab Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9708162-5-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-9708162-5-1"><bdi>0-9708162-5-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Origin+of+the+Asteroids%3A+Olbers+versus+Regner&rft.pub=Star+Lab+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-9708162-5-1&rft.aulast=Cunningham&rft.aufirst=C.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerschel1800–1814" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Herschel" title="William Herschel">Herschel, William</a> (1800–1814). "Observations on the Nature of the New Celestial Body Discovered by Dr. Olbers, and of the Comet Which Was Expected to Appear Last January in Its Return from the Sun". <i>Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</i>. <b>1</b>: 271–272. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspl.1800.0148">10.1098/rspl.1800.0148</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Abstracts+of+the+Papers+Printed+in+the+Philosophical+Transactions+of+the+Royal+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=Observations+on+the+Nature+of+the+New+Celestial+Body+Discovered+by+Dr.+Olbers%2C+and+of+the+Comet+Which+Was+Expected+to+Appear+Last+January+in+Its+Return+from+the+Sun&rft.volume=1&rft.pages=271-272&rft.date=1800%2F1814&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frspl.1800.0148&rft.aulast=Herschel&rft.aufirst=William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLagrange1885" class="citation magazine cs1">Lagrange, Eugène (July 1885). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Popular Science Monthly/Volume 27/July 1885/Some Self-Made Astronomers"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_27/July_1885/Some_Self-Made_Astronomers">"Some Self-Made Astronomers" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="Popular Science Monthly">Popular Science Monthly</a></i>. Vol. 27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Popular+Science+Monthly&rft.atitle=Some+Self-Made+Astronomers&rft.volume=27&rft.date=1885-07&rft.aulast=Lagrange&rft.aufirst=Eug%C3%A8ne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeinrich+Wilhelm+Matthias+Olbers" class="Z3988"></span> Olbers is briefly mentioned.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLynn1907" class="citation journal cs1">Lynn, W. T. (1907). 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