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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Albatenius canonical 2
Alfraganus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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