FRIEDRICH WILHELM BESSEL

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Meaning:

German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)

Synonyms:

Bessel; Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

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