Yi Xing

(1964 VQ1 )
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9.11.1964 00:00 Nanking 118e49 32n4 observations 1


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Named for Yi Xing or I Hsing (683–727), also known as Zhang Sui. This famous Chinese astronomer of the Tang dynasty constructed a bronze armillary sphere for measuring stellar altitudes, and he conducted a large-scale latitude-measurement project in many places across China. He also reformed the Chinese calendrical system. (M 4420) _ _.


Discovered on 9-11-1964 in Nanking by Purple Mountain Observatory

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