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What is apollonius famous for?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

There were about two dozen people of note by this name. I expect you mean Apollonius of Perga; if not, please see the Apollonius page on wikipedia.

Apollonius (of Perga) is famous for his studies of conic sections and for his naming of parabolas, hyperbolas, ellipses and so on. He also suggested the theory of movements of planets and moons that eventually bedevilled astronomers for centuries before some people suggested the possibility that the sun might be the centre of our solar system.

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11y ago

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