Asada Goryu

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Asada.

Asada Gōryū (麻田 剛立, March 10, 1734 – June 25, 1799) was a Japanese physician and astronomer who helped integrate western and Japanese astronomy in the Edo period. He introduced several western astronomical instruments and methods into Japan and independently confirmed Kepler's third law.

Asada was the pseudonym based on the name of his village. Born (birthday given as 6 February 1734, Japanese year Kyoho

Jesuit missionaries in China. Yet Asada managed to construct sophisticated mathematical models of celestial movements and is sometimes credited with the independent discovery of Kepler's third law.[1] Asada also studied anatomy in western texts and his learnings were incorporated into a compilation by his friend Riken Nakai (1732-1817) in Esso-rohitsu (1773).[3]

The crater Asada on the Moon is named after him.

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  2. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0
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  3. PMID 1107921
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