TY - JOUR
TI - Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) – Life and Work of the First Astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences
AU - Rogińska, Justyna
TI - Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) – Life and Work of the First Astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences
AB - Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) was an astronomer born in Guben, the maker of calendars and the author of ephemerides. He owed his fame to the discovery of the Great Comet of 1680, and he gained prestige as the first astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences. The article summarises the current state of knowledge about Gottfried Kirch and presents his astronomical and calednariographic activity at various stages of his life, via the lens of the stays in Langgrün, Lobbenstein, Leipzig, Coburg, Guben and Berlin (Dorotheenstadt).
VL - 2021
IS - Volume 66, Issue 3
PY - 2021
SN - 0023-589X
C1 - 2657-4020
SP - 105
EP - 121
DO - 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.021.14182
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/gottfried-kirch-1639-1710-zycie-i-dzialalnosc-pierwszego-astronoma-krolewskiego-pruskiego-towarzystwa-nauk
KW - Gottfried Kirch
KW - Royal Prussian Society of Sciences
KW - astronomy
KW - calendars