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English noun: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

1. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (person) German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)


SynonymsBessel


Instance hypernymastronomer, mathematician, stargazer, uranologist









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