Abstract
Gondolatsch was an early pioneer in the study of comets and minor planets. He calculated the first orbit of the Earth-crossing minor planet now known as Hermes. He also co-authored fundamental papers and books on stellar kinematics.
Highlights
On Thursday, November 13, 2003, Professor Dr Friedrich Gondolatsch died in Heidelberg at the age of 99
Gondolatsch came to the important conclusion that there was a strong compression in the tail of Halley's cornet, which had formed in June 1910 that did not move in the plane of the orbit of the cornet’s nucleus, as would be expected if forces emanated purely radially from the Sun. Even before completing his doctorate, Gondolatsch was hired at ARI on May 1, 1927, as a scientific “unskilled worker” and was promoted in 1928 to an external planning assistant
In 1944, Gondolatsch witnessed the relocation of ARI, which was subordinate to the Navy during the war, from Berlin to Sermuth in Saxony, and in June 1945 from Sermuth to Heidelberg
Summary
On Thursday, November 13, 2003, Professor Dr Friedrich Gondolatsch died in Heidelberg at the age of 99. Gondolatsch began studying astronomy in 1923 at the University of Leipzig. August Kopff, the director of the Astronomical Calculation Institute (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut; ARI) in Berlin-Dahlem.
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