Aristillus

Aristyllos was an astronomer from Samos. He worked in Alexandria, Egypt.

Aristyllos was the first Greek astronomer, which is reported that he tried ( with Timocharis of Alexandria ) local rules of the fixed stars. His lost treatise "On the fixed stars " has been used by Hipparchus and Ptolemy.

The lunar crater Aristillus is named after him.

  • Astronomer of antiquity
  • Born in the 4th century BC
  • Died in the 3rd century BC
  • Man
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