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
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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