Oppolzer is a surname of
Austrian origin. Most people with the surname Oppolzer have their ancestors
in a small region in Southern Bohemia, which was Austrian in former times, but belongs to the Czech Republic today.
There is also a small village with an old fort called Oppolz
[ (Czech name Tycha) in this region.
Famous Oppolzers are
* ]Johann Ritter von Oppolzer
Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (4 August 1808 – 16 April 1871) was an Austrian physician born in Nové Hrady, Bohemia. He was the father of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886).
In 1835 he earned his medical doctorate at the Uni ...
, Austrian physician, father of Theodor, born in Nove Hrady, Southern Bohemia
* Theodor von Oppolzer
Theodor von Oppolzer (26 October 1841 – 26 December 1886) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian astronomer and mathematician of Bohemia, Bohemian origin.
The son of the physician Johann Ritter von Oppolzer, Theodor was born in Prague. He completed h ...
, Austrian astronomer, born in Prague
Both Johann and Theodor lived and worked in Vienna most of the time of their lives.
There is a lunar crater called Oppolzer, and an asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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Both are named after Theodor.
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