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Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contributed to the establishment of statistical astronomy and structure and dynamics of the Sidereal System. All aspects of Kapteyn’s life are discussed, from his birth in Barneveld, the Netherlands, to his d
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- Author
- Pieter C. van der Kruit
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG; Springer; Springer Science+Business Media
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319108759
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Memoir, Astronomy, Physics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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