Jean Meeus
Jean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics. The asteroid 2213 Meeus was named after him by the International Astronomical Union in 1981 for his contributions to the field.[1]
Jean 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.[1]
His area of interest is spherical and mathematical astronomy.[1]
In 1986 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[2]
Publications
- co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1966)
- Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979), 1st ed, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
- Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1988), 4th ed Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
- Astronomical formulas for microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow, "Mir", 1988)
- co-author of Canon of Lunar Eclipses (1979)
- co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1983)
- Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200 (1989) ISBN 0-943396-21-2
- Transits (1989)
- Astronomical Algorithms (1991), 1st ed, ISBN 0-943396-35-2
- Astronomical Algorithms (1998), 2nd ed, ISBN 0-943396-61-1
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1983) ISBN 0-943396-02-6
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1995), 2nd ed, ISBN 0-943396-45-X
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (1997) ISBN 0-943396-51-4
- More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (2002) ISBN 0-943396-74-3
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III (2004) ISBN 0-943396-81-6
- co-author of Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2006), NASA Technical paper 2006-214141 2006
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV (2007) ISBN 978-0-943396-87-3
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V (2009) ISBN 978-0-943396-92-7
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (2016), 3rd ed
References
- 1 2 3 Meeus, Meeus. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels. Richmond, Virginia: Willmann-Bell. p. (Author biography). ISBN 0-943396-51-4.
- ↑ Wolff, S.; A. Fraknoi (June 1986). "Jean Meeus received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific". Mercury. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 15 (5): 142–143. Bibcode:1986Mercu..15R.142W.
- An implementation of Astronomical Algorithms. Calculate MJD, Equation of Time and Solar Declination in Excel, CAD or your other programs. Sunlit Design claims accuracy of ± 270 milliseconds for the equation of time, ±30 arcseconds for solar declination, and ±4 arcminutes for solar hour angle.
- 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.
| Preceded by Gregg Thompson & Robert Evans |
Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1986 |
Succeeded by Clinton B. Ford |
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