- Jean Meeus
Jean Meeus (born 1928) is a Belgian
astronomer specializing incelestial mechanics . He is sometimes known as Jan Meeus. Theasteroid 2213 Meeus is named after him.Jean Meeus studied mathematics at the
University of Leuven inBelgium , where he received the Degree ofLicentiate in 1953 . From then until his retirement in 1993 , he was ameteorologist atBrussels Airport .His area of interest is spherical and mathematical astronomy.
In 1986 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific .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
* co-author of Canon of Lunar Eclipses (1979)
* co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1983)
* Astronomical formulas for microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow ,"Mir", 1988)
* 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
* 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 [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCSE.html]
* Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV (2007) ISBN 987-0-943396-87-63References
* [http://www.sunlit-design.com/infosearch/meeus.php?indexref=1 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.
* [http://astrolabe.sourceforge.net/ Bill McClain implementation of "Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998" in python and
c++ ]
* [http://www.naughter.com/aa.html Naughter Software implementation of "Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998"] inc++
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