Littrow, Johann Joseph

Austrian astronomer, * 1781 at Bischofteinitz, † 1840 at Vienna.

He became director of the Vienna Observatory in 1819. He served in this position until his death in 1840. In 1833 he presented the only conformal retroazimuthal map projection, which is known as the Littrow projection.

The crater Littrow on the Moon is named in his honor.

  
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