George Van Biesbroeck

George Van Biesbroeck bio

Birth Name: George Van Biesbroeck

Occupation: Astronomer

Place Of Birth: Belgium

Date Of Birth: January 21, 1880

Date Of Death: February 23, 1974

Cause Of Death: N/A

Ethnicity: Unknown

Nationality: American


George Van Biesbroeck was born on the 21st of January, 1880. He was known for being a Astronomer. An observational astronomer who became known for his studies of double stars, asteroids, and comets at observatories in Belgium and the U.S. In his long career he discovered sixteen asteroids.

George Van Biesbroeck was born in Belgium. He was trained by such notables as German astronomer Max Wolf and German physicist Karl Schwarzschild at the Heidelberg Observatory and the Potsdam Observatory. His greatest discovery was the periodic comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck, along with 16 asteroids and the two non-periodic comets: C/1925 W1 or Van Biesbroeck 1 and C/1935 Q1 or Van Biesbroeck 2; he published Van Biesbroeck’s Star Catalog in 1961.

George Van Biesbroeck was a Aquarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.


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Childhood

George Van Biesbroeck was born in 1880s.

George Van Biesbroeck is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".

Education

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Family

George Van Biesbroeck’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on George Van Biesbroeck’s parents.

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Personal Life

Like many famous people and celebrities, George Van Biesbroeck kept his personal life private. Once more details are available, we will update this section.

George Van Biesbroeck was born in the Year of the Dragon.

Fast Facts

REAL NAME: George Van Biesbroeck
NICKNAME: George
RELIGION: Unknown
AGE GENERATION: G.I. Generation
BIRTH SIGN: Aquarius
BIRTH DAY: Wednesday
DEATH DAY: Saturday

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Horoscope

Zodiac Sign: George Van Biesbroeck was a Aquarius. People of this zodiac sign like to have fun with friends, help others, fight for causes, are a good listener and dislike broken promises, being bored, and people who disagree with them. The strengths of this sign are being independent, original, while the weaknesses can be running from emotional expression, temperamental and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Aquarius is Leo and Sagittarius.

Chinese Zodiac: George Van Biesbroeck was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are energetic and excitable. They hate hypocrisy and gossip and can sometimes be a bit arrogant and impatient.

Ruling Planet: George Van Biesbroeck had a ruling planet of Uranus and has a ruling planet of Uranus. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Neptune and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.

George Van Biesbroeck’s birth sign is Aquarius and he had a ruling planet of Uranus.


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