Full Name: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani as-Sabi al-Battani
Arabic: محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني
Latin: Albategnius, Albategni or Albatenius
Born: 858 AD
Origin: Haran Turkey / Raqqa, now in Syria
Dies: 929 AD
Famous for: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Astrologer
Contribution:
The first of a generation of new Islamic astronomers
He cataloged 489 stars
The first astronomers to observe that the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies during the year
Introduction of the use of sines and tangents in geometrical calculations
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Kitab Zij al-sabi كتاب زيج الصابئ
- Kitab Zij al-sabi كتاب زيج الصابئ Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani as-Sabi al-Battani محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني
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Opus Astronomicum Latin Translation Zij al-sabi
- Opus Astronomicum by al-Battani Published in Arabic, Translated into Latin, with Notes by Carlo Alfonso Nallino
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Albategnivs DE Nvmeris Stellarvm-Number of Stars
- Albategnivs DE Nvmeris Stellarvm Number of Stars Al-Battani
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