Jean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian meteorologist and amateur astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics, spherical astronomy, and mathematical astronomy.[1][2]
Meeus studied mathematics at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953. From then until his retirement in 1993, he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport.[2]
Awards and honors
editIn 1986, he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.[3] The main belt asteroid 2213 Meeus was named after him by the International Astronomical Union in 1981 for his contributions to the field.[1][2]
Publications
edit- Tables of Moon and Sun (Kessel-Lo: Kesselberg Sterrenwacht, 1962)
- Syzygies Tables (Kessel-Lo: Kesselberg Sterrenwacht, 1963)
- co-author (with Carl C. Grosjean & Willy Vanderleen) of Canon of Solar Eclipses (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1966)
- co-author (with Frederick Pilcher) of Tables of Minor Planets (1973)
- Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979) [1st ed.]
- Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1982), 2nd ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, ISBN 0-943396-01-8
- Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1985), 3rd ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, ISBN 0-943396-09-3
- Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1988), 4th ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
- Astronomical Formulas for Microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow, "Mir", 1988)
- co-author (with Hermann Mucke) of Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -2000 to +2526 (Astronomisches Büro, 1979) Bibcode:1979cle..book.....M
- co-author (with Hermann Mucke) of Canon of Solar Eclipses -2003 to +2526 (Astronomisches Büro, 1983)
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1983) ISBN 0-943396-02-6
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1995), 2nd ed., ISBN 0-943396-45-X
- Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (2016), 3rd ed., ISBN 1-942675-03-8
- 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
- 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
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV (2007) ISBN 978-0-943396-87-3
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V (2009) ISBN 978-0-943396-92-7
- co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (October 2006), NASA Technical paper 2006-214141 2006[4]
- co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (January 2009), NASA Technical paper 2009-214172 2009[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "(2213) Meeus". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Meeus, Jean (1997). Mathematical Astronomy Morsels. Richmond, Virginia: Willmann-Bell. p. (Author Biography). ISBN 0-943396-51-4.
- ^ Wolff, S.; Fraknoi, A. (June 1986). "Jean Meeus received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific". Mercury. 15 (5). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 142–3. Bibcode:1986Mercu..15R.142W.
- ^ Espenak, Fred; Meeus, Jean (October 2006). "Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000". Eclipse Web Site. NASA.
- ^ Espenak, Fred; Meeus, Jean (January 2009). "Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000". Eclipse Web Site. NASA.
External links
edit- Naughter Software implementation of Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998 in C++
- Navigation Spreadsheets implementation of Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998 in Microsoft Excel for celestial navigation purposes.
- PyMeeus is a Python implementation of the astronomical algorithms described in the classical book “Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd Edition, Willmann-Bell Inc. (1998)” by Jean Meeus.
.svg){kind=small}   | This article about a Belgian scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This European astronomer–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |