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Noun: Bessel  be-sul
  1. German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)
    - Friedrich Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

Type of: astronomer, mathematician, stargazer, uranologist

Encyclopedia: Bessel, Richard

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