Hevelius

American  

[huh-vey-lee-uhs, hey-vey-lee-oos] / həˈveɪ li əs, heɪˈveɪ liˌʊs /

noun

1. Johannes Johann Hewel or Hewelke, 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.

2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter.

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Hevelius British  

/ heˈveːliʊs /

noun

1. Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1611–87, German astronomer, who published one of the first detailed maps of the lunar surface

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Example Sentences

This backward-looking astronomer had been born in 1611, which perhaps explains his old-fashioned attitude, and christened Johann Höwelcke, but Latinized his name to Johannes Hevelius.

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In a correspondence beginning in 1668, Hooke implored him to switch to telescopic sights, but Hevelius stubbornly refused, claiming that he could do just as well with open sights.

From Literature

The truth is that Hevelius was simply too set in his ways to change and distrusted the new-fangled methods.

From Literature

When Hevelius wrote to Flamsteed at the end of 1678 asking to see Halley’s data, the Royal Society saw an opportunity to check up on Hevelius’s claims.

From Literature

Halley sent Hevelius a copy of the southern catalogue and said that he would be happy to use the new data from Hevelius instead of the star positions from Tycho to make the link between the northern and southern skies.

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