Dirk Brouwer
Dutch-American astronomer

Dirk Brouwer

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Dutch-American astronomer
Gender:
Male
Places:
NetherlandsUnited States of America
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Astronomer
Work field:
Science
Birth:
1 September 1902(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Death:
31 January 1966(New Haven, USA)
Star sign:
Virgo
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Dirk Brouwer (September 1, 1902, Rotterdam – January 31, 1966, New Haven) was a Dutch-American astronomer.

He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University under Willem de Sitterand then went to Yale University.From 1941 until 1966 he was editor of the Astronomical Journal.

He specialized in celestial mechanics and together with Gerald Clemence wrote the textbook Methods of Celestial Mechanics.

Awards

  • Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1955)
  • Bruce Medal (1966)

Named after him

  • Asteroid 1746 Brouwer
  • The crater Brouwer on the Moon (jointly with mathematician Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer)
  • Dirk Brouwer Award of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society
  • Dirk Brouwer Award of the American Astronautical Society