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- Greek astronomer who discovered the precession of the equinoxes, developed the techniques of trigonometry, and catalogued the positions of 850 stars in the earliest known star chart.
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- proper noun An ancient Greek
astronomer ,geographer , andmathematician .
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- noun Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC)
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Examples
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Of the two methods of expression Hipparchus ultimately preferred the second.
Kepler Bryant, Walter W 1920
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From the comparison of the secular inequalities in the motions of the Moon with the eclipses observed in ancient times, it follows that, since the time of Hipparchus, that is, for full 2000 years, the length of the day has certainly not diminished by the hundredth part of a second.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Victor, that the emperor Marcus Aurelius obliged the inhabitants of Nice to send yearly to Rome a certain quantity of corn, for having beaten one of their citizens, by name Hipparchus, a man of great learning and extraordinary accomplishments.
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Concepts akin to those deployed in Philoponus 'impetus theory appear in earlier writers such as Hipparchus (2nd c.
John Philoponus Wildberg, Christian 2007
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The Greek astronomer Hipparchus discovered the precession of the equinoxes.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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The Greek astronomer Hipparchus discovered the precession of the equinoxes.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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Hipparchus 190–120 BC, the founder of Greek astronomy, counted 1,080 stars in the sky.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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However, by the time Hipparchus had made his discovery, the Sun was almost out of Aries as well.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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Hipparchus 190–120 BC, the founder of Greek astronomy, counted 1,080 stars in the sky.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In the sources of the hellenistic period we even find corrections Geminus Rhodius corrects beholding signs according to precession and a whole attempt by Hipparchus, first, and Ptolemy, later, for the accuracy of calculations.
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