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Johann Elert Bode

1747 - 1826

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Johann Elert Bode (German: [ˈboːdə]; 19 January 1747 – 23 November 1826) was a German astronomer known for his reformulation and popularisation of the Titius–Bode law. Bode determined the orbit of Uranus and suggested the planet's name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Elert Bode is the 106th most popular astronomer (down from 96th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,171st in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Astronomer.

Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) was a German astronomer who is most famous for his law of planetary distances.

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Among astronomers, Johann Elert Bode ranks 106 out of 644. Before him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Arthur Auwers, Tom Gehrels, Walter Sydney Adams, Edward Charles Pickering, and David Fabricius. After him are William Huggins, Lewis A. Swift, August Kopff, Stephen Gray, Robert Luther, and John Louis Emil Dreyer.

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Among people born in 1747, Johann Elert Bode ranks 3. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. After him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vivant Denon, Roger Ducos, Gottfried August Bürger, Leopold Koželuch, Rose Bertin, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, and Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 1826, Johann Elert Bode ranks 17. Before him are Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Stamford Raffles, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Nikolay Karamzin, Frederica of Baden, and Elizabeth Alexeievna. After him are Levin August von Bennigsen, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Johann Baptist von Spix, Franz Danzi, Clarke Abel, and Marie-Guillemine Benoist.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Elert Bode ranks 956 out of 7,253. Before him are Herta Oberheuser (1911), Peter Weiss (1916), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frank Wedekind (1864), Carl Stamitz (1745), and George, King of Saxony (1832). After him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Karl Bühler (1879), and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Elert Bode ranks 20. Before him are Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Petrus Apianus (1495), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Arthur Auwers (1838), and David Fabricius (1564). After him are August Kopff (1882), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Reinhard Genzel (1952), and Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745).

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