Who is known as the "Greatest overall astronomer of antiquity"?
Euclid
Albertus Magnus
Hipparchus
Aristotle
Answer
Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer who lived in the second century BC. He is considered the greatest overall astronomer of antiquity, and his work had a profound influence on later astronomers, including Ptolemy. Hipparchus made many important contributions to astronomy, including the first accurate measurement of the precession of the equinoxes.
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