All Topics  
Michael Maestlin

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Michael Maestlin
 
 
  Topics Michael Maestlin Topic Home

Michael Maestlin (also Mästlin, Möstlin, or Moestlin) (30 September 1550 in Göppingen
Göppingen

G?ppingen is a city in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-W?rttemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen . It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils River....
, Germany - 20 October 1631) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
 and mathematician
Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and/or research is the field of mathematics....
, known for being the mentor of Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler was a Germans mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century Scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous Kepler's laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astrononomy....
.

tlin studied theology
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
, mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
, and astronomy
Astronomy

Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
 at the Tübinger Stift
Tübinger Stift

T?binger Stift is a hall of residence and teaching of the Protestant Church in W?rttemberg, located in the university city of T?bingen. It was founded in 1536 by Ulrich, Duke of W?rttemberg for W?rttemberg born students who want to be Religious ministers or teachers....
 in Tübingen
Tübingen

T?bingen, a traditional university town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers....
, a town in Württemberg
Württemberg

W?rttemberg [], formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
. He graduated as Magister in 1571 and became in 1576 a Lutheran deacon
Deacon

Deacon is a role in the Christianity that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions....
 in Backnang
Backnang

Backnang is a town in Germany, in the Bundesland of Baden-W?rttemberg, roughly 30 kilometers northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century or so, from 7,650 to 35,761 ....
, continuing his studies there.

In 1580 he became a Professor of mathematics, first at the University of Heidelberg, then at the University of Tübingen were he taught for 47 years from 1583.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Michael Maestlin'
Start a new discussion about 'Michael Maestlin'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Michael Maestlin (also Mästlin, Möstlin, or Moestlin) (30 September 1550 in Göppingen
Göppingen

G?ppingen is a city in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-W?rttemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen . It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils River....
, Germany - 20 October 1631) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
 and mathematician
Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and/or research is the field of mathematics....
, known for being the mentor of Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler was a Germans mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century Scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous Kepler's laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astrononomy....
.

Career

Maestlin studied theology
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
, mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
, and astronomy
Astronomy

Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
 at the Tübinger Stift
Tübinger Stift

T?binger Stift is a hall of residence and teaching of the Protestant Church in W?rttemberg, located in the university city of T?bingen. It was founded in 1536 by Ulrich, Duke of W?rttemberg for W?rttemberg born students who want to be Religious ministers or teachers....
 in Tübingen
Tübingen

T?bingen, a traditional university town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers....
, a town in Württemberg
Württemberg

W?rttemberg [], formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
. He graduated as Magister in 1571 and became in 1576 a Lutheran deacon
Deacon

Deacon is a role in the Christianity that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions....
 in Backnang
Backnang

Backnang is a town in Germany, in the Bundesland of Baden-W?rttemberg, roughly 30 kilometers northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century or so, from 7,650 to 35,761 ....
, continuing his studies there.

In 1580 he became a Professor of mathematics, first at the University of Heidelberg, then at the University of Tübingen were he taught for 47 years from 1583. In 1582 Maestlin wrote a popular introduction to astronomy.

Among his students was Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler was a Germans mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century Scientific revolution. He is best known for his eponymous Kepler's laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astrononomy....
 (1571-1630). Although he primarily taught the traditional geocentric Ptolemaic view of the solar system, Maestlin was also one of the first to accept and teach the heliocentric Copernican
Copernican

Copernican means of or pertaining to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus* For the Copernican system of astronomy, see heliocentrism* For the philosophical principle, see Copernican principle...
 view. Maestlin corresponded with Kepler frequently and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system. Galileo Galilei's
Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was a Grand Duchy of Tuscany physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution....
 adoption of heliocentrism was also attributed to Maestlin .

The first known calculation of the (inverse) golden ratio
Golden ratio

In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller....
 as a decimal of "about 0.6180340" was written in 1597 by Maestlin in a letter to Kepler.

Notable astronomical observations

  • Catalogued the Pleiades
    Pleiades (star cluster)

    File:Pleiades Lanoue.pngIn astronomy, the Pleiades are an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus . It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth, and Randall Munroe's favorite astronomical object....
     cluster on 24 December, 1579. Eleven stars in the cluster were recorded by Maestlin, and possibly as many as fourteen were observed.
  • Occultation
    Occultation

    An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. The word is used in astronomy and can also be used in a general sense to describe when an object in the foreground occults objects in the background....
     of Mars by Venus on 3 October, 1590, seen by Maestlin at Heidelberg
    Heidelberg

    Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
    .


Legacy

  • Lunar Crater
    List of craters on the Moon

    This is a list of craters on the Moon. The large majority of these features are impact craters. The Planetary nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society....
    : Maestlin
    Maestlin (crater)

    Maestlin is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater located near the eastern edge of Oceanus Procellarum. To the east lies the crater Encke , and to the northeast is Kepler ....
  • Lunar Rille
    Rille

    Rille is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the Moon surface that resemble channel . Typically a rille can be up to several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length....
    : Rimae Maestlin
    List of features on the Moon

    The Moon's surface is covered in many interesting geological features. In addition to mountains, valleys, and Impact craters, the following surface features have received names in the Planetary nomenclature#The Moon....
  • Asteroid
    Asteroid

    Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
    : 11771-Maestlin
    List of asteroids/11701–11800

    |-| 11701 - || || March 31, 1998 || Socorro, NM || Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research|-| 11702 Mifischer || || March 31, 1998 || Socorro || LINEAR...
    , discovered in 1973


In Jules Verne
Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne was a France author who helped pioneer the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth , From the Earth to the Moon , Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , and Around the World in Eighty Days ....
's Cinq semaines en balloon (Five Weeks in a Balloon
Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne.It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and...
) the character of Joe, the manservant, is described as enjoying, "in common with Moestlin, Kepler's professor, the rare faculty of distinguishing the satellites
Jupiter's natural satellites

Jupiter has 63 confirmed natural satellite, giving it the largest retinue of moons with "reasonably secure" orbits of any planet in the Solar System....
 of Jupiter
Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the Solar system by size planet within the Solar System. It is two and a half times as massive as all of the other planets in our Solar System combined....
 with the naked eye, and of counting fourteen of the stars in the group of Pleiades, the remotest of them being only of the ninth magnitude
Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measurement of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, normalized to the value it would have in the absence of the Earth's atmosphere....
."

External links

  • from Project Gutenberg
    Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive and distribute cultural works, as founder Michael Hart said "To encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks."....
     (English)