Kapteyn

[ kahp-tahyn ]
/ kɑpˈtaɪn /

noun

Ja·co·bus Cor·ne·lis [yah-koh-bys kawr-ney-lis] /yɑˈkoʊ büs kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/,1851–1922, Dutch astronomer.

Example sentences from the Web for kapteyn

  • Such a value of the secular parallax is also called, by Kapteyn, the systematic parallax of the stars.

    Lectures on Stellar Statistics |Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier

  • Kapteyn considers the catalogue complete to at least the magnitude 9m.2.

    Lectures on Stellar Statistics |Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier

  • The values of π are generally taken from the table of Kapteyn and Weersma mentioned in the previous chapter.

    Lectures on Stellar Statistics |Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier