Agrippa (Greek:Ἀγρίππας;fl. 92AD) was aGreekastronomer. The only thing that is known about him regards an astronomical observation that he made in 92 AD.[1]Ptolemy writes that in the twelfth year of the reign ofDomitian, on the seventh day of theBithynian monthMetrous, Agrippa observed theoccultation of a part of thePleiades by the southernmost part of theMoon.[2]
The purpose of Agrippa's observation was probably to check theprecession of theequinoxes, which was discovered byHipparchus.[3]
The lunar craterAgrippa is named after him.[4]
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