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1. Precession Of The Equinoxes

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   The formal recognition of this orbital perturbation is generally attributed to Hipparchus of Nicaea in the second century BCE. Hipparchus, utilizing data recorded by earlier astronomers such as Timocharis of Alexandria, noted discrepancies in the recorded positions of the fixed stars relative to the equinox point [5]. By comparing observational records separated by approxima…