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

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.

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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

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