- Not to be confused with his grandson Otto Struve (1897–1963);see Struve family
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origin. In Russian his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струве).
Struve was born in Dorpat (Tartu), in the Governorate of Estonia as the son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. He had two sons, Hermann Struve (October 3, 1854 – August 12, 1920) and Ludwig Struve (November 1, 1858 – November 4, 1920), who was the father of Otto Struve.
Otto Wilhelm von Struve worked as his father's assistant[1] and succeeded him as director of Pulkovo Observatory (until 1889). In 1885 a 30-inch refractor was installed at Pulkovo, at the time the largest in the world (see Great refractor). Struve continued his father's work in discovering double stars. He also observed satellites of Uranus and Neptune, and measured the rings of Saturn.
Struve won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1850 and was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He died in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden.
The asteroid 768 Struveana was named in honour of Otto Wilhelm von Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, and Karl Hermann Struve.
References
- ^ Newcomb, Simon (1880). "Sketch of Professor Otto Wilhelm Struve". The Popular Science Monthly 17 (June): 263 – 264.
Further reading
- Nyren, M. (1906). "Otto Wilhelm Struve". Popular Astronomy 14: 352 – 368. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1906PA.....14..352N.
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