Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers quotes

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers was a German physician and astronomer renowned for his discoveries in astronomy. His work contributed to the detection of several comets and two asteroids, Pallas and Vesta. He also formulated what became known as Olbers' paradox about the darkness of the night sky. Here is 1 of his quotes:

Should there really be suns in the whole infinite space, they can be at approximately the same distance from one another, or distributed over galaxies, hence would be in infinite quantities, and consequently the whole sky should be as bright as the sun. Clearly, each line which can conceivably be drawn from our eye will necessarily end on one of the stars and each point on the sky would send us starlight, that is, sunlight. (Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers)

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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers - Image
Occupation: German Physician
Born: October 11, 1758
Died: March 2, 1840
Quotes count: 1
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