• science: his particular interest was astronomy. Fabricius corresponded with astronomer Johannes Kepler. Fabricius discovered the first known periodic variable...
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  • of David Fabricius (1564–1617). Astronomer who discovered the variability of the star Mira Ceti in 1596. Carel Fabritius (sometimes spelled Fabricius, 1622–1654)...
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    Eratosthenian period, 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago. It is named after David Fabricius, a 16th-century German astronomer. By convention these features are...
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  • Fabricius und die Sonnenflecken, nebst einem Excurs über David Fabricius (Magister Johann Fabricius and Sunspots, together with a Digression on David...
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    solar diameters. 420 light-years from Earth, it was discovered by David Fabricius in 1596. α Ceti, traditionally called Menkar ("the nose"), is a red-hued...
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    Frederiks Hospital. Fabricius was appointed a professor in Copenhagen in 1770, and in 1775 or 1776, the University of Kiel appointed Fabricius professor of natural...
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    observations and reports by Frisian astronomers Johannes and David Fabricius. After Johannes Fabricius' death at the age of 29, his reports remained obscure...
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    prominent scholars (Johannes Matthäus Wackher von Wackhenfels, Jost Bürgi, David Fabricius, Martin Bachazek, and Johannes Brengger, among others) and astronomical...
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  • three dials which show the hours, the minutes, and the seconds" 1596 — David Fabricius notices that Mira's brightness varies 1672 — Geminiano Montanari notices...
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    several months, although he may actually have worked directly with David Fabricius instead of Brahe himself. By September 1601, Marius had already left...
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  • 1481) 1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466) 1617 – David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564) 1667 – Johann Jakob Froberger...
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    certain is that the variability of Mira was recorded by the astronomer David Fabricius beginning on August 3, 1596. Observing what he thought was the planet...
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    taking 11 months; the star had previously been described as a nova by David Fabricius in 1596. This discovery, combined with supernovae observed in 1572...
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  • Evans (Australia, 1937–2022) David Fabricius (Netherlands, 1564–1617) Sandra M. Faber (United States, 1945–) Johannes Fabricius (Netherlands, 1587–1615) Fearon...
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  • Sunspots are observed by telescope by Frisian astronomers Johannes Fabricius and David Fabricius and Johannes publishes the results of these observations in...
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  • (1744–1828), astronomer who built a scale of the solar system in his house David Fabricius (1564–1617), astronomer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German-Polish...
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    Fabricius (11 November 1668 – 30 April 1736) was a German classical scholar and bibliographer. Fabricius was born at Leipzig, son of Werner Fabricius...
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    Aleixo de Menezes, Portuguese Catholic archbishop (b. 1559) May 7 David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (b. 1564) Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian...
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    Albert Fabricius. He died Jan. 9, 1679, at Leipzig, forty-five years old, according to the contemporary account of him in Musica Davidica, order Davids Music...
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    IV, who had become the monarch in 1588 at the age of 11. August – David Fabricius discovers the variable nature of the star Mira. September 20 – Diego...
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    are observed by telescope, by Frisian astronomers Johannes Fabricius and David Fabricius. Johannes publishes the results of these observations, in De...
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  • pattern of Mars, keeping David Fabricius informed of his progress. He suggested the possibility of an oval orbit to Fabricius by early 1604, though was...
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  • Earth. 1610: Sunspots – Thomas Harriot (England, 1610), Johannes and David Fabricius (Frisia, 1611), Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1612), Christoph Scheiner (Germany...
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  • 4 – John Napier of Merchiston, mathematician (born 1550). May 7 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (born 1564). December – William Butler, English...
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    Pierre Coton, French Jesuit and royal confessor (d. 1626) March 9 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (d. 1617) March 15 – William Augustus, Duke of...
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  • cartographer and explorer, namesake of the Americas (d. 1512) 1564 – David Fabricius, German theologian, cartographer and astronomer (d. 1617) 1568 – Aloysius...
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  • Fabbroni (1752–1822) WGPSN Fabricius 42°45′S 41°50′E / 42.75°S 41.84°E / -42.75; 41.84 (Fabricius) 78.9 1935 David Fabricius (1564–1617) WGPSN Fabry...
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    are observed by telescope, by Frisian astronomers Johannes Fabricius and David Fabricius. Johannes publishes the results of these observations, in De...
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  • Johann Goldsmid (latinised name Johannes Fabricius) who subsequently teamed up with his father David Fabricius, a pastor and astronomer, to make further...
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    1758) Xylocopa aethiopica Pérez, 1901 Xylocopa africana (Fabricius, 1781) Xylocopa albiceps Fabricius, 1804 Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841 Xylocopa albinotum...
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