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also Hipparchos 190?-120? BCE.

Greek astronomer who mapped the positions of about 850 stars in the earliest known star chart (129 BCE). His observations of the heavens formed the basis of Ptolemy's Earth-centered model of the universe. He was also a pioneer of trigonometry.

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