Chen Zhuo | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 陳卓 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈卓 | ||||||
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Chen Zhuo (fl. 3rd century) was a Chineseastronomer who lived in theThree Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. He served as an imperial astronomer in the state ofEastern Wu (222–280). He collected the works of earlier astronomers of theHan dynasty and combined them into a single system. Hisstar catalogue listed 1,464 stars in 283 constellations. His works were lost over the course of history, but information on hissystem of constellations survives inTang dynasty records, notably byQutan Xida.