Agrippa (Astronomer)

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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[1] Ptolemy. Almagest. VII, 3.

[2] Jodra, Serge (2004–2017). "Agrippa" (in fr). Imago Mundi. http://www.cosmovisions.com/Agrippa.htm. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

v t e Ancient Greek astronomy
Astronomers	Aglaonice Agrippa Anaximander Andronicus Apollonius Aratus Aristarchus Aristyllus Attalus Autolycus Bion Callippus Cleomedes Cleostratus Conon Eratosthenes Euctemon Eudoxus Geminus Heraclides Hicetas Hipparchus Hippocrates of Chios Hypsicles Menelaus Meton Oenopides Philip of Opus Philolaus Posidonius Ptolemy Pytheas Seleucus Sosigenes of Alexandria Sosigenes the Peripatetic Strabo Thales Theodosius Theon of Alexandria Theon of Smyrna Timocharis
Works	Almagest (Ptolemy) On Sizes and Distances (Hipparchus) On the Sizes and Distances (Aristarchus) On the Heavens (Aristotle)
Instruments	Antikythera mechanism Armillary sphere Astrolabe Dioptra Equatorial ring Gnomon Mural instrument Triquetrum
Concepts	Callippic cycle Celestial spheres Circle of latitude Counter-Earth Deferent and epicycle Equant Geocentrism Heliocentrism Hipparchic cycle Metonic cycle Octaeteris Solstice Spherical Earth Sublunary sphere Zodiac
Influences	Babylonian astronomy Egyptian astronomy
Influenced	Medieval European science Indian astronomy Medieval Islamic astronomy