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Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler

Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler (7 January 1849 – 16 October 1946) was an Austrian astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and climatologist.

He discovered 64 IC objects whilst working at Vienna Observatory and Comet 113P/Spitaler.

He was one of the first to speculate the existence of a 13th zodiacal constellation, which later became known as Ophiuchus.

Selected works

  • Zeichnungen und Photographien am Grubb’schen Refractor von 68cm (27 engl. Zoll) Öffnung in den Jahren 1885 bis 1890 (1891)
  • Bahnbestimmung des Kometen 1851 III (Brorsen) (1894)
  • Periodische Verschiebungen des Schwerpunktes der Erde (1905)
  • Die Achsenschwankungen der Erde als Ursache der Auslösung von Erdbeben (1913)
  • Das Klima des Eiszeitalters (1921)

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