Albatenius

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Albatenius is the Latinized name of Al-Battani, a renowned medieval Arab astronomer and mathematician whose precise observations significantly advanced astronomical science.

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Albatenius canonical 2
Alfraganus 1

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instanceOf astronomer
human
mathematician
medieval scientist
alternativeName Albategni
Albategnius
Albateni
birthYear c. 858
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate
contributedTo improved value of the solar apogee
planetary tables
refinement of the length of the year
tables of the Sun and Moon
countryOfActivity Abbasid Caliphate
deathYear 929
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork astronomy
mathematics
trigonometry
hasArabicName Al-Battani
hasFullArabicName Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani
linked to: Al-Battani
hasLatinName Albatenius
influenced Copernicus
Regiomontanus
medieval European astronomy
influencedBy Ptolemy
knownFor astronomical tables
calculating the length of the tropical year
determining the obliquity of the ecliptic
improving measurements of the solar year
precise astronomical observations
refining Ptolemaic astronomy
using sines instead of chords in trigonometry
languageOfWork Arabic
madeObservationAt Raqqa
al-Raqqah observatory
linked to: Raqqa
notableAchievement correction of Ptolemy’s solar parameters
more accurate value for the precession of the equinoxes
notableWork De motu stellarum
Kitab az-Zij
linked to: Kitāb az-Zīj

Zij al-Sabi
occupation astronomer
mathematician
placeOfBirth Upper Mesopotamia
near Harran
placeOfDeath near Samarra
religion Islam
usedMathematicalTool sine function

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Al-Battani LatinName Albatenius
Al-Farghani alsoKnownAs Alfraganus
linked to: Albatenius
Albatenius hasLatinName Albatenius