Kreutz, Henry

Heinrich Karl Friedrich Kreutz ^[1] ( September 8, 1854 - July 13, 1907 ) is a German astronomer , known mainly for studying the orbits of some near-solar comets and confirming the hypothesis that they are parts of one large comet that collapsed several hundred years ago. This family now bears his name; among these comets are the most striking of those observed in the last millennium .

Heinrich Karl Friedrich Kreutz
Heinrich Carl Friedrich Kreutz
Date of Birth	September 8, 1854 ( 1854-09-08 )
Place of Birth	Siegen , Germany
Date of death	July 13, 1907 ( 1907-07-13 ) (52 years old)
A place of death	Kiel , Germany
A country	Germany
Scientific field	astronomy
Place of work	Kiel Observatory and University
Alma mater	University of Bonn
supervisor	Edward Schonfeld
Known as	Researcher of the orbits of the circumsolar comets

Heinrich Kreutz was born in Siegen in 1854. He received his doctorate from the University of Bonn in 1880 . In 1882 he moved to Kiel , joining the local observatory and university . In 1896, he became editor of Astronomische Nachrichten , the chief astronomical journal of the time, and held this position until his death in 1907.

In its part, the asteroid (3635) Kreutz discovered in 1981 is named.