Heinrich Kreutz

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Heinrich Kreutz

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Astronomy

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Why Is Heinrich Kreutz Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Heinrich Carl Friedrich Kreutz was a German astronomer, most notable for his studies of the orbits of several sungrazing comets, which revealed that they were all related objects, produced when a very large Sun-grazing comet fragmented several hundred years previously. The group is now known as the Kreutz Sungrazers, and has produced some of the brightest comets ever seen, including X/1106 C1 and Comet Ikeya–Seki. The source of the group may have been the Great Comet of 371 BC.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Heinrich Kreutz?

Heinrich Kreutz is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Göttingen
• Kiel University
• University of Bonn