Otto August Rosenberger
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Otto August Rosenberger (10 August 1800 – 23 January 1890) was a German astronomer from Tukums in Courland.
Life
He was born in Tukkum, Courland, Russia, to a Baltic German family. Rosenberger graduated from the University of Königsberg, and was noted for his study of comets. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1837.[1] He died in Halle, Prussian Saxony.
The crater Rosenberger on the Moon is named after him.
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- 1800 births
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- People from Tukums
- People from Tukums county
- Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century astronomers from the Russian Empire
- University of Königsberg alumni
- Academic staff of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
- Foreign members of the Royal Society
- Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society