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1747 – 1826Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826)Died 23 November 1826, aged 79German astronomer and long-time director of the Berlin Observatory, Bode is remembered for popularizing the Titius-Bode law describing planetary spacing and for naming the planet Uranus. He also compiled an influential star atlas, the Uranographia.