Not to be confused with his grandson Otto Struve (1897–1963)

Otto Wilhelm von Struve

Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origin. In Russian his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (???? ?????????? ??????).

Struve was born in Dorpat (Tartu), the son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. He had two sons, Hermann Struve (October 3 1854 – August 12 1920) and Ludwig Struve (November 1 1858 – November 4 1920), who was the father of Otto Struve.

Otto Wilhelm von Struve worked as his father's assistant^[1] and succeeded him as director of Pulkovo Observatory (until 1889). In 1885 a 30-inch refractor was installed at Pulkovo, at the time the largest in the world. Struve continued his father's work in discovering double stars. He also observed satellites of Uranus and Neptune, and measured the rings of Saturn.

Struve won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1850. He died in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden.

The asteroid 768 Struveana was named in honour of Otto Wilhelm von Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, and Karl Hermann Struve.

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