- Born
- October 11, 1758
- Died
- March 2, 1840 (aged 81)
- Known as
- physicist, astronomer, physician, politician
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta.
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