Definitions for Hevelius

Hevelius He·ve·li·us

Spelling: [huh-vey-lee-uh s; German hey- Hevelius is a 8 letter English word.

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Definitions for Hevelius

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  1. Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
  2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter.

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His lunar observations revealed 600 spots on the moon, which is fifty more than had been found by Hevelius.

It was named Lacerta by Hevelius in 1690, and this name it still retains.

In the time of Hevelius, Mira was once invisible for four years.

In the bishop's study are several letters between Bullialdus and him, and between Hevelius and him.

Ptolemy catalogued 13 stars in this constellation, Tycho n, and Hevelius 51.

Ptolemy catalogued fourteen stars, Tycho Brahe twenty-seven, and Hevelius forty in this constellation.

The comet of 1652, so carefully observed by Hevelius, almost equaled the moon in apparent magnitude.

As a possible explanation of this fact, it is interesting to recur to an almost forgotten statement of Hevelius.

Ptolemy catalogued 19 stars, Tycho Brahe 18, and Hevelius 47.

Hevelius gives the double date, 15⁄25, which is evidently right.

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