Al-Battani

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Al-Battani was a renowned medieval Arab astronomer and mathematician whose precise observations and calculations significantly refined Ptolemaic astronomy and influenced later European science.

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instanceOf Arab scholar ⓘ
Muslim scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
medieval scientist ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 858 ⓘ
approximateDeathDate c. 929 ⓘ
birthPlace Battan ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
near Harran ⓘ
region of modern-day Turkey or Syria ⓘ
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
contributedTo European astronomical tables ⓘ
development of trigonometric methods ⓘ
transition from Greek to Islamic astronomy ⓘ
deathPlace Iraq ⓘ
near Mosul ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork astrology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
fullName Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani
givenName Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Mohammad
influenced European Renaissance astronomy ⓘ
Johannes Kepler ⓘ
Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
influencedBy Greek astronomy ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
knownFor accurate solar measurements ⓘ
calculating the precession of the equinoxes ⓘ
determining the obliquity of the ecliptic ⓘ
discovering variation in the apparent motion of the Sun ⓘ
improving planetary models ⓘ
improving the value of the eccentricity of the Sun’s orbit ⓘ
improving values of the solar year ⓘ
observations at ar-Raqqah ⓘ
precise astronomical observations ⓘ
refining Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ
refining the length of the tropical year ⓘ
systematic use of trigonometry in astronomy ⓘ
tables of sines and tangents ⓘ
trigonometric tables ⓘ
using sines instead of chords ⓘ
kunya Abu Abd Allah ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
LatinName Albategni ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani

Albategnius ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani

Albatenius ⓘ
legacy helped prepare the way for the Copernican revolution ⓘ
major source for medieval European astronomers ⓘ
name Al-Battani ⓘ
notableWork De motu stellarum ⓘ
Kitab az-Zij ⓘ
Kitab az-Zij al-Sabi ⓘ
placeOfActivity Harran ⓘ
Raqqa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
usedInstrument armillary sphere ⓘ
astrolabe ⓘ
sundial ⓘ
workLocation Raqqa ⓘ
on the Euphrates ⓘ
workTranslatedInto Latin ⓘ

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Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Battani ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Al-Battani ⓘ
Zij al-Sabi → author → Al-Battani ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
Al-Battani → name → Al-Battani ⓘ
Al-Battani → fullName → Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani
Al-Battani → LatinName → Albategnius ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani
Al-Battani → LatinName → Albategni ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani
Zīj al-Sindhind → influenced → al-Battānī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani
Battan → birthplaceOf → Al-Battani ⓘ
De motu stellarum → author → Al-Battani ⓘ
De motu stellarum → hasAuthorNameInLatin → Albategnius ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani
De motu stellarum → workOf → Al-Battani ⓘ
Albatenius → hasArabicName → Al-Battani ⓘ
Albatenius → hasFullArabicName → Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani