Maximilian Hell: A Legacy in Transit

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• 1800 words
• Level: high school and above

This article by Richard Hill was part of the Yearbook of Astronomy 2022. Rudolf Maximilian Hell (Höll) was a Jesuit astronomer who lived in the eighteenth century. The article discusses his work with the Transit of Venus of 1769.

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