Historedia
Person

Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1807

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers discovers the asteroid Vesta

    1807

    Role: Astronomer

    1. 1807 · unknownNaming by Gauss

      Olbers granted the honor of naming his new discovery to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.

    2. 29 March 1807 · BremenDiscovery of Vesta

      Olbers discovered the asteroid Vesta in the constellation Virgo on 29 March 1807, five years after finding Pallas.

Sources

  1. Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29