David Origanus, also called David Tost, was a German astronomer and professor of Greek and mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied. Born at Glatz in Bohemia, now Kłodzko in southern Poland, on 9 July 1558, he died in Frankfurt (Oder) at the age of seventy-one. He observed numerous comets and published ephemerides in 1599 and 1609, among them Novae motuum coelestium ephemerides Brandenburgicae. In contrast to Tycho Brahe, he was convinced that the Earth rotates.
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David Origanus or David Tost (9 July 1558 – 11 July 1628/29) was a German astronomer and professor for Greek language and Mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied.
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David Origanus or David Tost (9 July 1558-11 July 1628/29) was a German astronomer and professor for Greek language and Mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied.
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David Origanus or David Tost (9 July 1558-11 July 1628/29) was a German astronomer and professor for Greek language and Mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied.
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David Origanus or David Tost (9 July 1558-11 July 1628/29) was a German astronomer and professor for Greek language and Mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied.
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David Origanus or David Tost (9 July 1558-11 July 1628/29) was a German astronomer and professor for Greek language and Mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied.
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