Who is Al Battani?
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Al Battani
Al Battani was born in 858 AD in Battan, Mesopotamia. He was a numerologist and an astronomer. He was the first to accurately measure that a solar year is 365 days 5 hours 46 minutes 24 seconds. He proved that the apparent radius of the Sun increases and decreases. He was also clear about solar and lunar eclipses. Al Battani proved with his own invented device that the sun moves in its own orbit. This great thinker passed away in 929 AD at the age of 72.
Al Battani was a famous astronomer and mathematician. He established his own observatory for the practice of astronomy. Over the years, he corrected the common mistakes in astronomy and made many reforms and improvements in this discipline. Western historians refer to him as ‘Al Batezniyaz’, ‘Al Batezni’, ‘Al Batenyaz’ etc. So much of his identity has been lost in history.