Aristyllos

Aristyllos was an astronomer from Samos . He was active around 300 BC. In Alexandria, Egypt .

Aristyllos was the first Greek astronomer who is reported to have attempted (with Timocharis of Alexandria ) to locate the fixed stars . His lost work “About the Fixed Stars” was used by Hipparchus and Ptolemy .

The moon crater Aristillus is named after him.

literature

Georg Kauffmann: Aristyllos 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 1065 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Aristyllos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC Chr.