Titius was born in Konitz (Chojnice), Royal Prussia (a fief of the Crown of Poland) to Jakob Tietz, a merchant and council member from Konitz, and Maria Dorothea, née Hanow. His original name was Johann Tietz, but as was customary in the 18th century, when he became a university professor, he Latinized his surname to Titius. Tietz attended school in Danzig (Gdańsk) and studied at the University of Leipzig (1749–1752). He died in Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony.[1]
He is best known for formulating the Titius–Bode law, and for using this rule to predict the existence of a celestial object at 2.8 AU from the sun which led to the 1801 discovery of what we now know as Ceres. He drew up the law in 1766, when he inserted his mathematical observation on planetary distances into a German translation of Charles Bonnet's book Contemplation de la Nature. In part because of this law, the first four minor planets were at first labeled as full-fledged planets. After a fifteen-year hiatus, other minor planets started to be discovered at steadily increasing rates, and Ceres and company were eventually relabeled as minor planets or asteroids. Because of its spherical shape, Ceres has had upgraded status as a dwarf planet since 2006.
1766 German edition of Contemplation de la Nature, or, Betrachtung über die Natur, written by Charles Bonnet and translated by Johann Daniel Titius
Titius published a number of works on other areas in Physics, such as a set of conditions and rules for performing experiments, and he was particularly focused in thermometry.[4] In 1765 he presented a survey of thermometry up to that date. He wrote about the metallic thermometer constructed by Hanns Loeser. In his treatises on both theoretical and experimental physics, he incorporated the findings of other scientists, such as the descriptions of experiments written by Georg Wolfgang Kraft in 1738.[5]
Biologyedit
Titius was also active in biology, particularly in classification of organisms and minerals.[4] His biological work was influenced by Linnaeus. Lehrbegriff der Naturgeschichte Zum ersten Unterrichte, his most extensive publication in biology, was on systematic classification of plants, animals, and minerals, as well as the elemental substances ether, fire, air, water and earth.[5]
johann, daniel, titius, born, johann, daniel, tietz, january, 1729, december, 1796, german, astronomer, professor, wittenberg, bornjohann, daniel, tietz, 1729, january, 1729konitz, chojnice, royal, prussia, crown, polanddied16, december, 1796, 1796, aged, witt. Johann Daniel Titius born Johann Daniel Tietz e 2 January 1729 16 December 1796 was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg 1 Johann Daniel TitiusJohann Daniel TitiusBornJohann Daniel Tietz 1729 01 02 2 January 1729Konitz Chojnice Royal Prussia Crown of PolandDied16 December 1796 1796 12 16 aged 67 Wittenberg Electorate of SaxonyNationalityGermanKnown forTitius Bode lawScientific careerFieldsAstronomy physics biologyTitius was born in Konitz Chojnice Royal Prussia a fief of the Crown of Poland to Jakob Tietz a merchant and council member from Konitz and Maria Dorothea nee Hanow His original name was Johann Tietz but as was customary in the 18th century when he became a university professor he Latinized his surname to Titius Tietz attended school in Danzig Gdansk and studied at the University of Leipzig 1749 1752 He died in Wittenberg Electorate of Saxony 1 Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Physics 3 Biology 4 References 5 External linksAstronomy editHe is best known for formulating the Titius Bode law and for using this rule to predict the existence of a celestial object at 2 8 AU from the sun which led to the 1801 discovery of what we now know as Ceres He drew up the law in 1766 when he inserted his mathematical observation on planetary distances into a German translation of Charles Bonnet s book Contemplation de la Nature In part because of this law the first four minor planets were at first labeled as full fledged planets After a fifteen year hiatus other minor planets started to be discovered at steadily increasing rates and Ceres and company were eventually relabeled as minor planets or asteroids Because of its spherical shape Ceres has had upgraded status as a dwarf planet since 2006 The asteroid 1998 Titius and the crater Titius on the Moon are named in his honour 2 3 Physics edit nbsp 1766 German edition of Contemplation de la Nature or Betrachtung uber die Natur written by Charles Bonnet and translated by Johann Daniel TitiusTitius published a number of works on other areas in Physics such as a set of conditions and rules for performing experiments and he was particularly focused in thermometry 4 In 1765 he presented a survey of thermometry up to that date He wrote about the metallic thermometer constructed by Hanns Loeser In his treatises on both theoretical and experimental physics he incorporated the findings of other scientists such as the descriptions of experiments written by Georg Wolfgang Kraft in 1738 5 Biology editTitius was also active in biology particularly in classification of organisms and minerals 4 His biological work was influenced by Linnaeus Lehrbegriff der Naturgeschichte Zum ersten Unterrichte his most extensive publication in biology was on systematic classification of plants animals and minerals as well as the elemental substances ether fire air water and earth 5 The standard author abbreviation Titius is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 6 References edit a b sachsische Biografie in German Michael Nieto 1972 The Titius Bode Law of Planetary Distances Pergamon Press Clifford J Cunningham 1988 Introduction to Asteroids Richmond Virginia Willmann Bell Inc a b Johann Daniel Titius Encyclopaedia Britannica online ed Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc a b Titius Tietz Johann Daniel Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography e book ed New York Charles Scribner s Sons 2007 Retrieved 6 August 2015 International Plant Names Index Titius External links editKDG Wittenberg Prof Dr Joh Daniel Titius Plants and Planets The Law of Titius Bode explained by H J R Perdijk Johann Daniel Titius Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie in German vol 38 Leipzig Duncker amp Humblot 1894 p 380 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johann Daniel Titius amp oldid 1113855943, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
