Jean Meeus

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Jean Meeus (born 1928) is a Belgian astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics. He is sometimes known as Jan Meeus. The asteroid 2213 Meeus is named after him.

Jean Meeus studied mathematics at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953 . From then until his retirement in 1993 , he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport.

His area of interest is spherical and mathematical astronomy.

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co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1966)
Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979), 1st ed, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
- Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1988), 4th ed Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
Canon of Lunar Eclipses (1979)
Canon of Solar Eclipses (1983)
Astronomical formulas for microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow ,"Mir", 1988)
Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200 (1989) ISBN 0-943396-21-2
Transits (1989)
Astronomical Algorithms (1991), 1st ed, ISBN 0-943396-35-2
Astronomical Algorithms (1998), 2nd ed, ISBN 0-943396-61-1
Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1983) ISBN 0-943396-02-6
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (1997) ISBN 0-943396-51-4
More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (2002) ISBN 0-943396-74-3
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III (2004) ISBN 0-943396-81-6
Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV (2007) ISBN 987-0-943396-87-63

An implementation of Astronomical Algorithms. Calculate MJD, Equation of Time and Solar Declination in Excel, CAD or your other programs. Sunlit Design claims accuracy of ± 270 milliseconds for the equation of time, ±30 arcseconds for solar declination, and ±4 arcminutes for solar hour angle.

Preceded by Gregg Thompson & Robert Evans	Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1986	Succeeded by Clinton B. Ford