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 Louvain (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.

Publications

• co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1966)
• Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979) ISBN 0-943396-22-0
• Canon of Lunar Eclipses (1979)
• Canon of Solar Eclipses (1983)
• Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200 (1989) ISBN 0-943396-21-2
• Transits (1989)
• Astronomical Algorithms (1991) ISBN 0-943396-35-2
• 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)

References

External Links

• An implementation of Astronomical Algorithms. Calculate MJD, Equation of Time and Solar Declination in Excel, CAD or your other programs. The Sun API is free and extremely accurate. For Windows Computers.

1928 births | Belgian astronomers | Living people

Jean Meeus