Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer |
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Al-Battani
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
c. 858
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Harran
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| gptkbp:contribution |
discovered the variation of the apparent angular diameter of the Sun
improved measurements of the solar year refined values for the obliquity of the ecliptic used trigonometric methods in astronomy |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
929
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
Qasr al-Jiss, near Samarra, Iraq
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Copernicus
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Arabic
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| gptkbp:legacy |
Albatani minor planet named after him
Albatenius lunar crater named after him |
| gptkbp:majorWork |
gptkb:Kitāb_az-Zīj
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| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
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| gptkbp:religion |
gptkb:Sabian
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Al-Battani
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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