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Jan Heweliusz (Danzica, 28 gennaio 1611 – Danzica, 28 gennaio 1687) è stato un astronomo polacco, conosciuto con il nome latinizzato di Johannes Hevelius o, più raramente, quello italianizzato Giovanni Evelio
Johannes Hevelius (in German also known as Hevel; Polish: Jan Heweliusz; () 28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig , in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer , he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography ", [1] and described ten new constellations , seven of which are ...
Johannes Hevelius (born Jan. 28, 1611, Gdańsk, Pol.—died Jan. 28, 1687, Gdańsk) was an astronomer who compiled an atlas of the Moon (Selenographia, published 1647) containing one of the earliest detailed maps of its surface as well as names for many of its features.
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6 ott 2023 · Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) was a Polish astronomer based in Danzig (Gdańsk). He worked from his own privately funded observatory, creating maps of the Moon's surface, discovering the first variable star, and spotting several new comets.
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Hevelius, Johannes Enciclopedia on line Astronomo (Danzica 1611 - ivi 1687), fra i precursori della moderna astronomia di posizione e fondatore della selenografia, avendo per primo applicato il telescopio alla delineazione delle formazioni lunari.
Johannes Hevelius. Home > Indice delle biografie > Indice delle biografie. Studente di giurisprudenza all'Università di Leida, Johannes Hevelius (Hovel) viaggiò in Svizzera, a Londra e Parigi, dove conobbe molti importanti astronomi tra cui Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655).
27 dic 2018 · The 17th-Century Astronomer Who Made the First Atlas of the Moon | Smithsonian. SCIENCE. The 17th-Century Astronomer Who Made the First Atlas of the Moon. Johannes Hevelius drew some of the...