History of Astronomy : What's new

History of Astronomy:
What's new at this site on April 30, 1999

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History of astronomy

Persons

• A
  • Abbe, Ernst
    • Britannica Online entries
    • Crater Abbe (lunar feature)
    • Ernst-Abbe-Bücherei, Jena, Germany (in German)
    • Ernst-Abbe-Oberschule (Gymnasium), Berlin, Germany (in German)
    • Ernst-Abbe-Gymnasium, Oberkochen, Germany (in German)
  • Abbot, Charles Greeley (1872-1973)
    • Crater Abbot (lunar feature)
  • Abel, Niels Henrik (1802-1829)
    • Crater Abel (lunar feature)
  • Abetti, Antonio (1846-1928)
    • Crater Abetti (lunar feature)
  • Abu'l Fida [Abu'L-fida; Abulfeda], Ismail (1273-1331)
    • Crater Abulfeda (lunar feature)
  • Abul Wafa [Abu'l-Wafa] Muhammad al-Buzjani (940-997)
    • Crater Abul Wafa (lunar feature)
  • Acosta, Cristobal (1515-c.1594)
    Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
    • Biographical data and references
    • Crater Acosta (lunar feature)
  • Adams, John Couch (1819-1892)
    • Crater Adams (lunar feature)
  • Agatharchides of Cnidus (? - c. 150 BC)
    • Very short biography
    • Crater Agatharchides (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Agatharchides with Alta Vista
  • Agrippa (fl. AD 92)
    • Crater Agrippa (lunar feature)
    • Crater Agrippa (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Agrippa with Alta Vista
  • Ailly, Pierre d' [Aliacensis; Petrus de Allaco] (1350-c.1420)
    • Short biography and references
      From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
    • Crater Aliacensis (lunar feature)
  • Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892)
    • Crater Airy (lunar feature)
  • Aitken, Robert Grant (1864-1951)
    • Crater Aitken (lunar feature)
  • Al-Bakri, A. A. (1010-1094)
    • Crater Al-Bakri (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Al-Bakri with Alta Vista
  • al-Biruni, Abu Raihan (973-1048)
    • Crater Al-Biruni (lunar feature)
  • al-Farghani [al Fargani], Muhammed Ebn Ketir [Achmed Ibn Ketir; Alfraganus] (? - c. 840)
    • Crater Alfraganus (lunar feature)
  • al-Haitham, Abu Ali Hasan Ibn [Alhazen] (965-1040)
    • Crater Alhazen (lunar feature)
  • al-Khwarizmi [al-Khawarizmi; al'Khwarizmi], Abu Abd-Allah [Abdullah; Ja'far] Mohammad [Muhammad] ibn Musa [Bin Musa] (c.800-c.850)
    • Crater Al-Khwarizmi (lunar feature)
  • Al-Marrakushi (fl. c. 1262)
    • Crater Al-Marrakushi (lunar feature)
    • Find more about with Alta Vista
  • Alden, Harold Lee (1890-1964)
    • Crater Alden (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Alden with Alta Vista
  • Alder, Kurt (1902-1958)
    Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
    • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950
      Including a short biography.
    • Very short biography
    • Crater Alder (lunar feature)
  • Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr. ["Buzz"] (b. 1930)
    • Short biography, reference and links
    • Very short biography (in German)
    • Crater Aldrin (lunar feature)
    • Edwin Aldrin School, Schaumburg, IL, USA
    • Find more about Aldrin with Alta Vista
  • Alekhin, Nikolaj P. (1913-1964)
    Solar system feature named after him. No other relation to astronomy known to us.
    • Crater Alekhin (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Alekhin with Alta Vista
  • Alexander the Great [A. der Große; A. of Macedon] (356 BC - 323 BC)
    • Biography, references and links
    • Very short biography
    • Crater Alexander (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Alexander with Alta Vista
  • Alpetragius [Al-Bitruji, Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq; Al Betrugi, Nur Ed-Din; al Bidrudschi, Nur ad din] (? - c. 1100)
    • Short biography and references
    • Crater Alpetragius (lunar feature)
    • Crater Alpetragius (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Alpetragius with Alta Vista
    • Find more about Alpetragius (Al-Bitruji) with Alta Vista
  • Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500 BC - c. 428 BC)
    • Crater Anaxagoras (lunar feature)
  • Ampère, André Marie (1775-1836)
    • Short biography and references
    • Short biography
    • Mons Ampère (lunar feature)
  • Apollonius [Apollonios] of Perga (200 BC - 100 BC)
    • Crater Apollonius (lunar feature)
  • Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853)
    • Crater Arago (lunar feature)
  • Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC - 212 BC)
    • Crater Archimedes (lunar feature)
  • Archytas of Tarentum (c. 428 BC - c. 350 BC)
    • Short biography and references
    • Crater Archytas (lunar feature)
    • Rima Archytas (lunar feature)
  • Argand, Emile (1879-1940)
    • Portrait, reference, hand-drawings
    • Index of archival sources (in French, partly in German and Italian)
    • Dorsa Argand (lunar feature)
    • Find more about Argand with Alta Vista
  • Aristarchus [Aristarchos] of Samos (310 BC - 230 BC)
    • Crater Aristarchus (lunar feature)
  • Aristotle [Aristoteles] of Stagira (384 BC - 322 BC)
    • Crater Aristoteles (lunar feature)
  • Aryabhata the Elder (476-550(499?))
    • Crater Aryabhata (lunar feature)
  • Atwood, George (c.1745-1807)
    • Short biography and references
    • Crater Atwood (lunar feature)
• E
  • Ezra, Abraham ben Meir ibn [Abraham Ben Esra [Ibn Esra]] (c.1092-1167)
    • Crater Abenezra (lunar feature)
• I
  • Ibn Sina [Avicenna] (980-1037)
    • Crater Avicenna (lunar feature)
• M
  • Mamun [al-Mamun], Abdalla[h] al (786-833)
    • Crater Almanon (lunar feature)
    • Find more about al Mamun with Alta Vista
• Index of all persons from A to Z (updated)
• More biographies / Sources and other lists
  • The 35 Lunar Craters Named to Honor Jesuit Scientists
  • Arabic & Islamic Crater-Names on the Moon

Items

• Astrometry
  • History of Astrometric Measurements in Astronomy
    Parallax, Proper Motion, Measuring Engines
• Instruments
  • Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines
• Solar System
  • The 35 Lunar Craters Named to Honor Jesuit Scientists
  • Arabic & Islamic Crater-Names on the Moon
• Other items
  • History of Photography in Astronomical Measurements
  • History of Photometry in Astronomical Observations

Working Group for the History of Astronomy

• Publications
  • Electronic newsletters
    • Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte
      Nr. 40, 30. April 1999

Wolfgang R. Dick