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Holger Thiele

Holger Thiele (September 25 18781946) was a Danish-American astronomer. He was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele.

He discovered a number of asteroids. He also discovered the comet C/1906 V1 , and calculated the orbits of other comets.

He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf. After coming to the United States, he worked at Lick Observatory.

07-10-2008 09:35:13
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