About Jean Meeus
Born 1928. Jean Meeus is a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, writer and astrophysicist.
Jean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian meteorologist and amateur astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics, spherical astronomy, and mathematical astronomy.
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. The main belt asteroid 2213 Meeus was named after him by the International Astronomical Union in 1981 for his contributions to the field. co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (January 2009), NASA Technical paper 2009-214172 2009
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Jean Meeus was born on 12 December 1928.
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Jean Meeus is an astronomer, mathematician, writer and astrophysicist.
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Jean Meeus is Belgian.
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