William Frederick Denning

William Frederick Denning ( born November 25, 1848 in Redpost, † June 9, 1931 ) was a British astronomer.

He spent much time with the discovery of comets, and succeeded him. His discoveries include the periodic comet 72D/Denning-Fujikawa and the now lost comet D/1894 F1.

He sought and also examined Meteors and Novae. He also discovered Nova Cygni 1920 ( V476 Cygni ).

Honors

In addition, craters are named on Mars and the Moon after him.

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  • Publications by W. F. Denning in the Astrophysics Data System
  • Obituaries on W. F. Denning in the Astrophysics Data System
  • Astronomer ( 20th century)
  • Astronomer (19th century)
  • Briton
  • Born in 1848
  • Died in 1931
  • Man
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