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Callippus or Calippus (; ca. 370 BC–ca. 300 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician. Callippus was born at Cyzicus, and studied under Eudoxus of Cnidus at the Academy of Plato. He also worked with Aristotle at the Lyceum, which means that he was active in Athens prior to Aristotle's death in 322. He observed the movements of the planets and attempted to use Eudoxus' scheme of connected spheres to account for their movements. However he found that 27 spheres was insufficient to accoun… (More on Callippus)
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