Islamic contribution to astronomy timeline

  • first astronomical textbook
    400 BCE

    first astronomical textbook

    The first astronomical textbook had all the knowledge of everything astronomical discovery.
  • astrolobe
    200 BCE

    astrolobe

    The astrolabe was improved by Muslims
  • sundial
    164 BCE

    sundial

    The Sundial was made by Ibn Al-Shatir so the people could tell time
  • geocentric model
    1190

    geocentric model

    Around 1190, Al-BItruji published an alternative geocentric system to Ptolemy's model.
  • equatorium
    1261

    equatorium

    The euatorium was built for the specific purpose to of seeing where the sun is.
  • mechanical calendar or box of the moon
    1582

    mechanical calendar or box of the moon

    The mechanical calendar was made because they had no sense of time in term of months and years
  • theory of planetary motion

    theory of planetary motion

    The theory of planetary motion was made to prove that everything is moving.
  • tusi couple

    tusi couple

    The tusi couple is device that has a small circle orbiting a bigger cirlce