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Hipparchus

Hipparchus Meaning & Definition
Hipparchus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hipparchus?

[n] Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC)

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See Also | astronomer | mathematician | stargazer | uranologist

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