Biography:Agrippa (astronomer)
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Short description: Ancient Greek astronomer
Agrippa (Greek: Ἀγρίππας; fl. 92 AD) was a Greek astronomer. The only thing that is known about him regards an astronomical observation that he made in 92 AD.[1] Ptolemy writes that in the twelfth year of the reign of Domitian, on the seventh day of the Bithynian month Metrous, Agrippa observed the occultation of a part of the Pleiades by the southernmost part of the Moon.[2]
The purpose of Agrippa's observation was probably to check the precession of the equinoxes, which was discovered by Hipparchus.[3]
The lunar crater Agrippa is named after him.[4]
References
- ↑ Ptolemy. Almagest. VII, 3.
- ↑ Jodra, Serge (2004–2017). "Agrippa" (in fr). Imago Mundi. http://www.cosmovisions.com/Agrippa.htm. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ↑ Royal Irish Academy (1964). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, linguistics and literature. Section C.. Hodges, Figgis. pp. 155–157. https://books.google.com/books?id=a9UXAQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Chong, S. M.; Lim, Albert; Ang, P. S. (25 July 2002). Photographic Atlas of the Moon. Cambridge University Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780521813921. https://books.google.com/books?id=vIcFxgAs-C8C&pg=PA129.
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