Hellenistic astronomy

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Hellenistic astronomy was the advanced Greco-Roman tradition of mathematical and observational astronomy that flourished after Alexander the Great, characterized by geometric models of planetary motion and the synthesis of Babylonian and Greek astronomical knowledge.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hellenistic astronomy canonical 5
Ptolemaic astronomy 2
Greco-Roman astronomy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (103)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical tradition ⓘ
branch of astronomy ⓘ
historical scientific discipline ⓘ
basedOn Babylonian mathematical schemes ⓘ
Babylonian observational records ⓘ
Greek geometrical methods ⓘ
cosmologicalModel Earth at the center of the universe ⓘ
finite spherical cosmos ⓘ
developsFrom Eudoxan homocentric spheres ⓘ
pre-Socratic cosmology ⓘ
endTime late antiquity ⓘ
follows Babylonian astronomy ⓘ
Classical Greek astronomy ⓘ
hasCenter Alexandria ⓘ
Antioch ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Pergamon ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
hasGoal astrological computation ⓘ
construction of accurate calendars ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
prediction of planetary positions ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Aristotelian cosmology ⓘ
Babylonian astronomy ⓘ
Platonic philosophy ⓘ
hasKeyConcept calendar reform ⓘ
eccentric circles ⓘ
eclipse prediction ⓘ
ecliptic coordinates ⓘ
epicycle-deferent system ⓘ
equant-like constructions ⓘ
geocentric model ⓘ
lunar theory ⓘ
magnitude scale of stars ⓘ
parallax ⓘ
planetary longitude ⓘ
planetary tables ⓘ
precession of the equinoxes ⓘ
solar theory ⓘ
spherical astronomy ⓘ
star catalogues ⓘ
uniform circular motion ⓘ
hasMainRegion Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasMethod geometrical proof ⓘ
numerical tables ⓘ
systematic naked-eye observation ⓘ
use of armillary spheres ⓘ
use of dioptra and gnomon ⓘ
use of water clocks for timing ⓘ
hasNotableAstronomer Apollonius of Perga ⓘ
Archimedes ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samos ⓘ
Aristillus ⓘ
Autolycus of Pitane ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus

Conon of Samos ⓘ
Eratosthenes ⓘ
Geminus of Rhodes ⓘ
Hipparchus ⓘ
Hypatia ⓘ
Hypsicles ⓘ
Menelaus of Alexandria ⓘ
Pappus of Alexandria ⓘ
Posidonius ⓘ
Seleucus of Seleucia ⓘ
Theon of Alexandria ⓘ
Timocharis of Alexandria ⓘ
hasNotableWork Almagest ⓘ
Handy Tables ⓘ
On the Sand-Reckoner ⓘ
linked to: The Sand Reckoner

On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon ⓘ
star catalogue of Hipparchus ⓘ
star catalogue of Ptolemy ⓘ
works of Aristarchus of Samos ⓘ
influenced Byzantine astronomy ⓘ
Copernican heliocentrism ⓘ
linked to: Copernican system

Indian astronomy ⓘ
Islamic astronomy ⓘ
Renaissance astronomy ⓘ
medieval European astronomy ⓘ
languageOfTransmission Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
laterTranslatedInto Arabic ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
partOf Greco-Roman science ⓘ
Hellenistic science ⓘ
recognizedPhenomenon irregularities in lunar motion ⓘ
lunar eclipses ⓘ
precession of the equinoxes ⓘ
retrograde motion of planets ⓘ
solar eclipses ⓘ
startEvent conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ
startTime 4th century BCE ⓘ
uses deferents ⓘ
eccentrics ⓘ
epicycles ⓘ
geometric models ⓘ
mathematical astronomy ⓘ
sexagesimal numeration ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Meton of Athens → influenced → Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ
Philolaus → influenced → Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ
Planetary Hypotheses → historicalPeriod → Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ
Maragha observatory → influencedBy → Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic astronomy
Zīj-i Sultānī → basedOn → Ptolemaic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic astronomy
Southern Crown → hasCulturalOrigin → Greco-RomanAstronomy ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic astronomy
Pancha Siddhantika → influencedBy → Greco-Roman astronomy ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic astronomy
Book IX (De architectura) → influencedBy → Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ
subject linked to: Book IX
Armillary sphere → usedIn → Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ
Alfonsine Tables → basedOn → Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic astronomy