A note on the new evidence for Hipparchus’ star catalogue

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Gysembergh, Victor
Williams, Peter
Zingg, Emanuel
Date published
May 14, 2025
Abstract

We reaffirm our attribution of the star coordinates to Hipparchus, in response to criticism by G. Grasshoff and S. Hoffmann. New evidence from 12 further supports our conclusions, with more insights expected from x-ray fluorescence imaging at SLAC.

Organisational unit
Western Heritage Collection
Journal title
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Publisher
SAGE Publications
ISSN
0021-8286
eISSN
1753-8556
Official URL
DOI
Alternate identifier
00218286251335640
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