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...an observational test of [[general relativity]], organised by the British astronomers [[Frank Watson Dyson]] and [[Arthur Stanley Eddington]] in 1919. The observ ...home or were taken prisoner by the Russians. Although the US and Argentine astronomers were not detained, clouds prevented clear observations being made during th ...

...is considered by many{{who|date=April 2014}} to be one of the most eminent astronomers of his time. His famous student [[Shams al-Din al-Bukhari]]<ref name="Shams ...ve that [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] may have been influenced by Middle Eastern astronomers due to uncanny similarities between his work and the uncited work of these ...

...pted astronomical fractions directly from the Greeks, and similarly Hebrew astronomers used sexagesimal fractions, but Greek numeral signs were replaced by their ..., Solomon. 1933. Hebrew numerals. ''Proceedings of the American Academy of Jewish Research'' 4: pp. 53–112. ...

...ssendrijver |first=Mathieu |date=29 January 2016 |title=Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiter's position from the area under a time-velocity graph |jo ...mpted by Arabic sources. The proofs put forward in the 14th century by the Jewish scholar Levi ben Gerson, who lived in southern France, and by the above-men ...

...ration|he|[[Rahab (term)|Rahab]]}} ({{lang|he|רהב}}), from [[Rahab (Egypt)#Jewish folklore|a Biblical sea monster]] mentioned in the [[Book of Psalms]], was ...=206–208}}</ref> and the discovery of the [[Kuiper belt]] in 1992 led many astronomers to debate whether Pluto should be considered a planet or as part of the Kui ...

...Gingerich1986 /> This development by Ibn al-Shatir, as well as the Maragha astronomers remained relatively unknown in medieval Europe.<ref name=Gingerich1986 /> * [[Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain]] ...