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Ibn Yunus

Observer of Mount Mokattam — 950–1009 CE

Astronomer of the Fatimid state and author of the Hakimi Zij, whose observations he conducted from Mount Mokattam near Cairo over decades. His tables of solar and lunar motion remained the most accurate of his age, and in the early 20th century they were used as a historical basis for tables of the Moon's path.
Field: AstronomyObserver of Mount Mokattam — 950–1009 CE

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