Born Odense, Denmark, 16 April 1879
Died Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 October 1918
Hans Lau, the son of Peter and Maria Lau, was educated at Copenhagen. He established a private observatory at Horsholm, near Copenhagen, where he investigated double and variable stars and the planets Mars and Jupiter. He also put forward a new theory of Jupiter's constitution.
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Strömgren, E. (1919). “Anzeige des Todes von H. E. Lau.” Astronomische Nachrichten. 208: 151.
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(2007). Lau, Hans Emil. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_829
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