Agrippa observed in 92 AD an eclipse of the
Pleiades by the moon.
Agrippa was a Greek astronomer and the only thing that is
known about him regards the astronomical observation that he made in 92 AD,
which was cited by Ptolemy. Ptolemy
writes that in the 12th year of the reign of Domitian on the 7th
day of the Bithynian month Matrious, Agrippa observed the occultation of the
Pleiades by the southernmost part of the moon.
The purpose of Agrippa’s observation was probably to check
the precession of the equinoxes which were discovered by Hipparchus.
The lunar crater Agrippa is named after bim.
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