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Hipparchus
Ancient astronomer, born at Nicaea; flourished in the 2nd century B.C.; discovered among other things the precession of the equinoxes, determined the place of the equinox, and catalogued 1000 fixed stars.
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- Industri / Domain: Bahasa
- Kategori: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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