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Today (May 6, 1872) is the Birthday of Willem de Sitter, the famous Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer who studied Jupiter.

Today (May 6, 1872) is the Birthday of Willem de Sitter, the famous Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer who studied Jupiter.

Willem de Sitter was born on May 6, 1872, in Suneek. He studied mathematics at the University of Groningen. He later joined the Groningen Astronomical Laboratory. From 1897 to 1899 he worked for the Government Observatory at the tip of Optimism in South Africa. Later, in 1908 he was employed in the astronomical cot at the University of Clayton. He was director of the University of Clayton from 1919 until his death. One of his sons, Ulfo de Sitter, was a Dutch geographer. Another son, Ulfo de Sitter, is a sociologist.

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Willem has done extensive research in the field of cosmic objectivity. He co-authored a dissertation with Albert Einstein in 1932. In it, the two discuss the effects of cosmic data on the Space curve. He described the concept of The de Sitter space and de Sitter universe. This is a solution to Einstein's general relativity. There is no coherence or linear cosmic constant. It is a hollow plant that expands continuously in the course of natural development. He is also famous for his study of Jupiter.

Willem was the director of the Bochuca Observatory in Ilempong, Indonesia, then known as Dutch East India. He explored the barrier galaxy Messier 4 here. In 1912 he became a member of the Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the James Craig Watson Medal (1929), the Bruce Medal (1931), and the Government Astronomical Society Gold Medal (1931). Tilak Kuzhippallam The Sitter Asteroid 1686 The Sitter is named after him. Willem de Sitter, best known for his study of Jupiter, passed away on November 20, 1934, at the age of 62, in Leiden.

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