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Ernst Öpik
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Note on stellar perturbations of nearly parabolic orbits
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- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Kingston upon Hull
- Active from
- 1991
Discography
- Feel Yourself1992
- Opik1994
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1893-10-22 ) 22 October 1893, Kunda , Governorate of Estonia , Russian Empire
- Died
- 10 September 1985 (1985-09-10) (aged 91), Bangor , Northern Ireland , United Kingdom
- Alma mater
- University of Moscow University of Tartu
- Known for
- Öpik–Oort cloud
- Relatives
- Lembit Öpik (grandson)
- Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1975 Bruce Medal in 1976
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Armagh Observatory
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- United States
- Place of death
- Bangor
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Gustav Adolf Grammar School
- Employer
- University of Tartu
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Leonard Medal
- Field of work
- star
- Conflict
- Russian Civil War
- Image
- ErnstJuliusOpik.jpg
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- member of
- White movement
- date of birth
- 1893-10-22
- date of death
- 1985-09-10
- relative
- Lembit Öpik
- name in native language
- Ernst Julius Öpik
- birth name
- Ernst Julius Öpik
- Commons category
- Ernst Öpik
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Julius Öpik (22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1893 – 10 September 1985) 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.
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