Hevelius

American  

[huh-vey-lee-uhs, hey-vey-lee-oos] / həˈveɪ li əs, heɪˈveɪ liˌʊs /

noun

1. Johannes Johann Hewel or Hewelke, 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.

2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter.

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Hevelius British  

/ heˈveːliʊs /

noun

1. Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1611–87, German astronomer, who published one of the first detailed maps of the lunar surface

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Example Sentences

The other is a much more detailed illustration published in a 1647 book by Johannes Hevelius.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017

The visitor was Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, who had come north on the British liner Hevelius for the U.S.'s centennial exposition.

From Time Magazine Archive

This backward-looking astronomer had been born in 1611, which perhaps explains his old-fashioned attitude, and christened Johann Höwelcke, but Latinized his name to Johannes Hevelius.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Hevelius, who lived in Danzig, Poland, built one enormous telescope 150 feet long.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In fact, Hevelius lived for another nine years, so he cannot have been that frail when Halley saw him.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin