Paul Herget, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Herget

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1908

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1981

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Paul Herget (January 30, 1908 – August 27, 1981) was an American astronomer.Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinnati.
He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventually digital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems (for example, in the calculation of ephemeris tables for minor planets).
The asteroid 1751 Herget is named in his honour, while 1755 Lorbach was named for his wife.During World War II he applied these same talents to the war effort, helping to locate U-boats by means of the application of spherical trigonometry. Herget established the Minor Planet Center at the university after the war in 1947.
He was also named director of the Cincinnati Observatory.
The Minor Planet Center was eventually relocated in 1978 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it still operates.