Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji
Astronomer, Deceased Person
– 1204
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Who was Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji?
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji was an astronomer and a Qadi from Al-Andalus. Despite his limited knowledge of Ptolemy's Almagest, al-Biṭrūjī was the first astronomer after Ptolomy to present a non-Ptolemaic astronomical system as an alternative to Ptolemy's models. Another original aspect of his system was that he proposed a physical cause of celestial motions.
The crater Alpetragius on the Moon is named after him.
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- Also known as
- Alpetragius
- Religion
- Islam
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Profession
- Died
- 1204
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on July 23, 2013
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