Geek Fact for July 22nd

By Judy Novotny / 07/22/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1784, German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was born.

Bessel was the first to measure stellar parallax, an apparent change in a star’s position as a result of the Earth orbiting the Sun.

Learn more at http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/famous-scientists/astronomers/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-info.htm

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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