Born in Sommerfeld near Leipzig, Arnold was a farmer by profession. Interested in astronomy, he spotted the great comet of 1683, eight days before Hevelius did. He also observed the great comet of 1686. In 1686, Kirch went to Leipzig. There, he observed the great comet of 1686, together with Gottfried Kirch. There, Kirch met his second wife, Maria Margarethe Winckelmann (1670–1720), who had actually learned astronomy from Arnold.
Arnold observed the transit of Mercury in front of the sun on 13 October 1690. For this work, he received some money and a tax exemption from the town of Leipzig. He was the author of Göttliche Gnadenzeichen, in einem Sonnenwunder vor Augen gestellt (Leipzig, 1692) which contains an account of the transit of Mercury in 1690. He died at Leipzig.
christoph, arnold, december, 1650, april, 1695, german, farmer, amateur, astronomer, 1650, 1695, contents, life, honors, references, external, linkslife, editborn, sommerfeld, near, leipzig, arnold, farmer, profession, interested, astronomy, spotted, great, co. Christoph Arnold 17 December 1650 15 April 1695 was a German farmer and amateur astronomer 1 2 Christoph Arnold 1650 1695 Contents 1 Life 2 Honors 3 References 4 External linksLife EditBorn in Sommerfeld near Leipzig Arnold was a farmer by profession Interested in astronomy he spotted the great comet of 1683 eight days before Hevelius did He also observed the great comet of 1686 In 1686 Kirch went to Leipzig There he observed the great comet of 1686 together with Gottfried Kirch There Kirch met his second wife Maria Margarethe Winckelmann 1670 1720 who had actually learned astronomy from Arnold Arnold observed the transit of Mercury in front of the sun on 13 October 1690 For this work he received some money and a tax exemption from the town of Leipzig He was the author of Gottliche Gnadenzeichen in einem Sonnenwunder vor Augen gestellt Leipzig 1692 which contains an account of the transit of Mercury in 1690 He died at Leipzig Honors EditLunar crater Arnold and asteroid 121016 Christopharnold were named in his honor 2 3 The asteroid s official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 29 October 2012 M P C 81070 4 References Edit Arnold Christoph 1650 1695 Red Hill Observatory Christof A Plicht Retrieved 11 August 2019 a b JPL Small Body Database Browser 121016 Christopharnold 1999 BW3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Retrieved 11 August 2019 Arnold Crater Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature USGS Astrogeology Research Program MPC MPO MPS Archive Minor Planet Center Retrieved 11 August 2019 External links EditChris Plicht Biographies Messier Catalog Online Biography of Gottfried KirchThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help This article about a German astronomer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christoph Arnold amp oldid 1068158321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
