Hipparchus, the common Latinization of the Greek Hipparkhos, can mean: Hipparchus, the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchic cycle, an astronomical cycle... 941 bytes (150 words) - 14:49, 10 April 2022 |
was the only 'tyrant'. Both Hipparchus and his father Pisistratus enjoyed the popular support of the people. Hipparchus was a patron of the arts; it... 4 KB (395 words) - 17:12, 15 March 2024 |
Axial precession (section Hipparchus) usually is attributed to Hipparchus (190–120 BC) of Rhodes or Nicaea, a Greek astronomer. According to Ptolemy's Almagest, Hipparchus measured the longitude... 61 KB (8,407 words) - 16:42, 26 April 2024 |
classcist Thomas Heath, Hipparchus was the first to employ such a method to map the stars, at least in the West. Hipparchus is also credited with creating... 5 KB (514 words) - 00:31, 19 August 2023 |
period of 3.4 hours. It was named for the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus. Hipparchus is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population... 17 KB (1,170 words) - 16:26, 10 April 2024 |
Hipparchus, anglicized hipparch (Greek: ἵππαρχος, romanized: hipparchos), was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a hipparchia (unit... 787 bytes (49 words) - 18:11, 26 April 2024 |
attempted to reconstruct the methods of Hipparchus using the available texts. Most of what is known about Hipparchus' text comes from two ancient sources:... 17 KB (2,899 words) - 21:24, 9 April 2024 |
Ancient Greek astronomy (section Hipparchus) among the successors of Hipparchus in later eras, such as Ptolemy, relied on Hipparchus for their information of it. Hipparchus' observations allowed him... 33 KB (4,138 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2024 |
the Eleusinian Mysteries. In Plato's Hipparchus, Socrates attributes the existence of these statues to Hipparchus. They were meant to educate the people... 11 KB (1,344 words) - 03:38, 7 January 2024 |
media related to Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus. Wikispecies has information related to Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus. Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the... 1,018 bytes (80 words) - 00:18, 8 December 2023 |
Astrological age (section Hipparchus) possible that some other astronomers before Hipparchus had also noticed the phenomenon, but it is Hipparchus who is credited with this discovery (See Ancient... 51 KB (6,854 words) - 23:07, 18 April 2024 |
their origins in Hipparchus's lost catalogue" New York Times article on Dr. Schaefer's presentation Space.com article on the Hipparchus' star catalogue... 6 KB (644 words) - 08:02, 30 March 2024 |
all his predecessors. Hipparchus' celestial globe had an ecliptic drawn in, but the coordinates were equatorial. Since Hipparchus' star catalogue has not... 43 KB (4,790 words) - 10:28, 21 March 2024 |
channels in Hipparchus Crater. East side of Hipparchus, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Small channels in Hipparchus, as seen... 3 KB (387 words) - 17:42, 13 March 2022 |
First-magnitude star (section Hipparchus) night sky, with apparent magnitudes lower (i.e. brighter) than +1.50. Hipparchus, in the 1st century BC, introduced the magnitude scale. He allocated the... 16 KB (817 words) - 20:44, 27 March 2024 |
Eponymous archon (redirect from Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus) Philoneus was archon when Pisistratus died and his sons Hippias and Hipparchus succeeded him as tyrants 527–526 BC Onetor 526–525 BC Hippias 525–524... 78 KB (3,324 words) - 01:45, 25 March 2024 |
at the Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. A century later, Hipparchus of Nicaea improved on this system by determining latitude from stellar... 21 KB (2,380 words) - 18:12, 4 April 2024 |
Bradley Schaefer (section Hipparchus's star catalog) of Hipparchus and a sculpture called The Farnese Atlas, created in the 2nd century, and thus a potential source for antique astronomy. Hipparchus is considered... 7 KB (660 words) - 22:08, 2 December 2023 |
Equant (section Hipparchus) eccentric. Most of what we know about Hipparchus comes to us through citations of his works by Ptolemy. Hipparchus' models' features explained differences... 15 KB (2,066 words) - 14:40, 4 October 2023 |
Hipparchus or Hipparch of Euboea (Greek: Ἵππαρχος; fl. 4th century BC) was one of the warmest partisans of Philip of Macedon, who rewarded him for his... 1 KB (134 words) - 04:58, 26 May 2023 |