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    Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest...
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    double central peak offset to the north. The crater is named for Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, a 19th-century Hungarian astronomer. By convention, features...
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  • 1754 – Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (d. 1833) 1754 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (d. 1832) 1787 – Constant Prévost...
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  • symbol for Pallas, the spear of Pallas Athena, was invented by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, and introduced in his Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der...
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    distance for a planet beyond Saturn. In 1800, a group headed by Franz Xaver von Zach, editor of the German astronomical journal Monatliche Correspondenz [de]...
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    for the observatory began in 1787 by the court astronomer Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, with the financing of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It...
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    Erd- und Himmels-Kunde starting in 1807. The Journal was founded by Franz Xaver von Zach in 1800 and existed until 1813. In 1809 he became correspondent of...
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  • astronomy. In 1798 Franz Xaver von Zach had organised and hosted the first European congress of astronomers at his observatory in Gotha. Zach was also editor...
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  • diplomat and sinologist Franz Xaver von Zach (1754–1832), Austrian astronomer Alexander Zach (born 1976), Austrian politician František Zach (1807–1892), Czech-born...
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    only predictions that successfully allowed Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach to relocate Ceres were those performed by the 24-year-old Gauss using...
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