~ of Chios (500?-430 B.C.), Greek astronomer and
geometrician; determined the inclination of the ecliptic to be 24°
and determined the year to have 365-1/5 days.
Oersted
43.1N
47.2E
42
Hans Christian; Danish physicist, chemist (1777-1851).
Ohm
18.4N
113.5W
64
Georg Simon; German physicist (1787-1854).
Oken
43.7S
75.9E
71
Lorenz Okenfuss, or ~; German biologist, physiologist
(1779-1851).
Olbers
7.4N
75.9W
74
Heinrich Wilhelm Malthaus; German astronomer,
doctor (1758-
Olcott
20.6N
117.8E
81
William T.; American astronomer (1873-1936).
Olivier
59.1N
138.5E
69
Charles Pollard; American astronomer (1884-1975).
Omar-Khayyam
58.0N
102.1W
70
Al-Khayyami; Persian mathematician, astronomer,
poet (c. 1050-1123).
Onizuka
36.2S
148.9W
29
Ellison Shoji; American test pilot and astronaut; member of the
Challenger
crew (1946-1986).
Opelt
16.3S
17.5W
48
Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1794-1863).
Oppenheimer
35.2S
166.3W
208
J. Robert; American physicist (1904-1967).
Oppolzer
1.5S
0.5W
40
Theodor Egon von; Czechoslovakian astronomer
(1841-1886).
Oresme
42.4S
169.2E
76
Nicole; French mathematician (1323?-1382).
Orlov
25.7S
175.0W
81
Aleksandr V.; Soviet astronomer (1880-1954); Sergei
V.; Soviet astronomer (1880-1958).
Orontius
40.6S
4.6W
105
Oronce Fine, or ~ Finnaeus; French mathemetician and
cartographer (1494-1555).
Osama
18.6N
5.2E
0
Japanese male name.
Osiris
18.6N
27.6E
1
Egyptian god of the dead.
Osman
11.0S
6.2W
2
Turkish male name.
Ostwald
10.4N
121.9E
104
Wilhelm; German chemist; Nobel laureate
(1853-1932).
