Hevelius

[ huh-vey-lee-uh s; German hey-vey-lee-oo s ]

/ həˈveɪ li əs; German heɪˈveɪ liˌʊs /

JohannesJohann Hewel or Hewelke,1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.

a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter.

Example sentences from the Web for hevelius

Hevelius in 1642 saw the ring more clearly, but figured it as two crescents attached to Saturn by their cusps.

The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei |Galileo Galilei
Ptolemy catalogued fourteen stars, Tycho Brahe twenty-seven, and Hevelius forty in this constellation.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 |Various
This work, after having passed through several hands, became the property of Hevelius, who was capable of appreciating its merits.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' |Thomas Orchard
Hevelius, who is as well known for his Ingenuity, as Learning, will joyn and acquiesce in that sentiment.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 |Various

Ptolemy catalogued 22 stars in this constellation; Tycho Brahe, 21; and Hevelius, 45.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 |Various

Hevelius

/ (German heˈveːliʊs) /

Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1611–87, German astronomer, who published one of the first detailed maps of the lunar surface