home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!mpifr-bonn.mpg.de!fs1.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de!p257shu
- From: p257shu@fs1.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Susanne Huettemeister)
- Subject: Oort dead?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.125248.5904@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
- Sender: news@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
- Nntp-Posting-Host: fs1
- Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:52:48 GMT
- Lines: 6
-
- We have been told by a Dutch astronomer that the famous Jan H. Oort
- has died last week. Is that true? Can anyone provide details - and
- perhaps a pointer to a short biography of this man who has contributed
- to almost all fields of astronomy?
-
- Thanks!
-