Hipparchus

American  

[hi-pahr-kuhs] / hɪˈpɑr kəs /

noun

1. died 514 b.c., tyrant of Athens 527–514.

2. c190–c125 b.c., Greek astronomer.

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Hipparchus ¹ British  

/ hɪˈpɑːkəs /

noun

1. a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 130 kilometres in diameter

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Hipparchus ² British  

/ hɪˈpɑːkəs /

noun

1. 2nd century _bc , Greek astronomer. He discovered the precession of the equinoxes, calculated the length of the solar year, and developed trigonometry

2. died 514 _bc , tyrant of Athens (527–514)

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Hipparchus Scientific  

/ hĭ-pär′kəs /

1. Greek astronomer who mapped the positions of about 850 stars in the earliest known star chart (129 bce). His observations of the heavens formed the basis of Ptolemy's Earth-centered model of the universe. He was also a pioneer of trigonometry.

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“Many people think that Hipparchus was the truly great discoverer,” says Gysembergh, whereas Ptolemy was “an amazing teacher” who compiled his predecessors’ work.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022

But Hipparchus was the first to define the locations of stars using two coordinates, and to map stars across the whole sky.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022

Hipparchus was the pivotal figure responsible for “turning astronomy into a predictive science”, agrees Ossendrijver.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022

Hipparchus carried out many astronomical observations, making a star catalog, defining the system of stellar magnitudes, and discovering precession from the apparent shift in the position of the north celestial pole.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

This was in fact the method used by a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicaea, in 150 B.C. to work out the Moon’s distance from Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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