Wilhelm F. Rabe
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Wilhelm F. Rabe was a German
astronomer
. He worked at the Bogenhausen Observatory, being its director from 1935 until 1946.
He was a talented observer, and was one of the first to trace unexplained errors when obtaining vertical positions of star
s to the deflection of the telescope
tube. He extensively studied binary star
s and was recognized for this work.
A crater
on Mars
was named
in his honor.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.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...
. He worked at the Bogenhausen Observatory, being its director from 1935 until 1946.
He was a talented observer, and was one of the first to trace unexplained errors when obtaining vertical positions of star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
s to the deflection of the telescope
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
tube. He extensively studied binary star
Binary star
A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...
s and was recognized for this work.
A crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
was named
Rabe Crater
Rabe Crater is a crater in the Noachis quadrangle of Mars located at 43.9° south latitude 325.1° west longitude. It is about 108 km in diameter and was named after Wilhelm F. Rabe, a German astronomer ....
in his honor.