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Hevelius (German) [heˈveːliʊs]

(Biographies / Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687) M, German, SCIENCE: astronomer) Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1611-87, German astronomer, who published one of the first detailed maps of the lunar surface

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After him Hevelius, an astronomer of Dantzic, reduced the highest elevations to 15,000 feet; but the calculations of Riccioli brought them up again to 21,000 feet.

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Neither Hevelius, Cassin, La Hire, nor Herschel seemed to have known them.

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