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Ernst Öpik

Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)

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Born
October 22, 1893
Died
September 10, 1985
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1893

About Ernst Öpik

Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system dynamics, particularly of the Oort cloud and the Yarkovsky effect. He was the first and longest serving editor of the Irish Astronomical Journal (1950–1980) and frequently published his own research there. He also invented a rocking camera for the study of meteors. The Yarkovsky effect was discovered by the Russian civil engineer Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky (1844–1902), who worked on scientific problems in his spare time.

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Ernst Öpik timeline

  1. The Yarkovsky effect was discovered by the Russian civil engineer Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky (1844–1902), who worked on scientific problems in his spare time.
  2. He was the first and longest serving editor of the Irish Astronomical Journal (1950–1980) and frequently published his own research there.

The world when Ernst Öpik was born

Ernst Öpik was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

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Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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