Kapteyn

[ kahp-tahyn ]

noun

1. Ja·co·bus Cor·ne·lis [yah-, koh, -b, y, s kaw, r, -, ney, -lis], 1851–1922, Dutch astronomer.

Example Sentences

Such a value of the secular parallax is also called, by Kapteyn, the systematic parallax of the stars.

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The values of π are generally taken from the table of Kapteyn and Weersma mentioned in the previous chapter.

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Kapteyn considers the catalogue complete to at least the magnitude 9m.2.

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