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Al-Battani, Astronomer of Raqqa

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ScholarAstronomer of Raqqa

Al-Battaniالبتاني

Approximate dateRaqqa

An astronomer whose measured year and star tables were cited by Copernicus.

Working at Raqqa on the Euphrates, he measured the solar year as 365 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds, and made trigonometry a working tool of astronomy. Copernicus quoted him many times.

What grew out of it?

His tables were used in Europe for centuries.

Who else is linked?

Abbasid Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Al-MutadidIsmail ibn AhmadAl-MundhirAbdallah ibn MuhammadAl-MuktafiAl-MutamidAhmad ibn TulunAl-Muhtadi

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