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Christian Mayer

Scientists · astronomer · cartographer · Catholic priest · geodesist · mathematician · surveyor · university teacher

🇩🇪 Germany

Czech-German astronomer

About Christian Mayer

Christian Mayer (20 August 1719 Mederitz – 16 April 1783 in Mannheim) was a Moravian-German Catholic priest, astronomer and teacher.

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Known for
Expositio de transitv Veneris ante discvm solis d. 23 maii, 1769 ... vbi agitur de fine huius obseruationis, Observatio occultationis Saturni retro lunam anno 1775 die 18 Februarii facta Schwezingae in arce aestiva Serenissimi Electoris Palatini, Gründliche Vertheidigung neuer Beobachtungen von Fixsterntrabanten welche zu Mannheim auf der Kurfürstlichen Sternwarte entdecket worden sind
Born
1719-08-20
Died
1783-04-16

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