Jean Meeus
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Jean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian meteorologist and amateur astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics, spherical astronomy, and mathematical astronomy.[1][2]
Meeus studied mathematics at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953. From then until his retirement in 1993, he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport.[2]
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]In 1986, he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[3] The main belt asteroid 2213 Meeus was named after him by the International Astronomical Union in 1981 for his contributions to the field.[1][2]
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Tables of Moon and Sun (Kessel-Lo: Kesselberg Sterrenwacht, 1962)
- Syzygies Tables (Kessel-Lo: Kesselberg Sterrenwacht, 1963)
- co-author (with Carl C. Grosjean & Willy Vanderleen) of Canon of Solar Eclipses (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1966)
- co-author (with Frederick Pilcher) of Tables of Minor Planets (1973)
- Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979) [1st ed.]
- Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1982), 2nd ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1985), 3rd ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1988), 4th ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Astronomical Formulas for Microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow, "Mir", 1988)
- co-author (with Hermann Mucke) of Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -2000 to +2526 (Astronomisches Büro, 1979) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- co-author (with Hermann Mucke) of Canon of Solar Eclipses -2003 to +2526 (Astronomisches Büro, 1983)
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1983) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1995), 2nd ed., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (2016), 3rd ed., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200 (1989) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Transits (1989)
- Astronomical Algorithms (1991), 1st ed., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Astronomical Algorithms (1998), 2nd ed., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (1997) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (October 2006), NASA Technical paper 2006-214141 2006[4]
- co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (January 2009), NASA Technical paper 2009-214172 2009[5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Naughter Software implementation of Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998 in C++
- Navigation Spreadsheets implementation of Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998 in Microsoft Excel for celestial navigation purposes.
- PyMeeus is a Python implementation of the astronomical algorithms described in the classical book “Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd Edition, Willmann-Bell Inc. (1998)” by Jean Meeus.
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