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'''Jordanus''' (the ''[[Jordan River]]'') was a [[constellation]] introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by [[Petrus Plancius]].
'''Jordanus''' (the ''[[Jordan River]]'') was a [[constellation]] introduced in 1612 (or 1613) on a globe by [[Petrus Plancius]] and first shown in print by ‍‍[[Jakob Bartsch]] ‍in ‍his ‍book ‍‍''Usus ‍Astronomicus ‍Planisphaerii ‍Stellati'' ‍(1624).


One end was in [[Canes Venatici]] and then it flowed through [[Leo Minor]] and [[Lynx (constellation)|Lynx]] and ended near [[Camelopardalis]]. This constellation was not adopted in the atlases of [[Johann Bode]] and fell into disuse.
One end lay in the present-day [[Canes Venatici]] and then it flowed through the areas now occupied by [[Leo Minor]] and [[Lynx (constellation)|Lynx]], ending near [[Camelopardalis]].<ref name="Ridpath">{{cite web|url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/jordanus.html|title=Jordanus|website=Star Tales|author=Ian Ridpath|date=|access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> This constellation was not adopted in the atlases of [[Johann Bode]] and fell into disuse.

==References==
{{reflist}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Obsolete constellations]]
*[[Obsolete constellations]]
*''[[Coelum Stellatum Christianum]]'' ([[Julius Schiller]], 1627) Christianized the constellation [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra]] as the Jordan river.
*[[Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery]]
*[[Constellations created and listed by Dutch celestial cartographers]]
*''[[Coelum Stellatum Christianum]]'' ([[Julius Schiller]], 1627) Christianized the constellation [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra]] as the Jordan river.

==External links==
* http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/jordanus.htm


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{{Constellations/historic/obsolete}}
{{Dutch constellations}}
{{Early modern Netherlandish cartography, geography and cosmography}}


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[[Category:Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery]]
[[Category:Astronomy in the Dutch Republic]]
[[Category:1610s in the Dutch Republic]]
[[Category:Jordan River]]
[[Category:Jordan River]]
[[Category:1610s beginnings]]
[[Category:1610s beginnings]]



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Latest revision as of 21:13, 30 April 2024

Jordanus (the Jordan River) was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) on a globe by Petrus Plancius and first shown in print by ‍‍Jakob Bartsch ‍in ‍his ‍book ‍‍Usus ‍Astronomicus ‍Planisphaerii ‍Stellati ‍(1624).

One end lay in the present-day Canes Venatici and then it flowed through the areas now occupied by Leo Minor and Lynx, ending near Camelopardalis.[1] This constellation was not adopted in the atlases of Johann Bode and fell into disuse.

References

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  1. ^ Ian Ridpath. "Jordanus". Star Tales. Retrieved 2022-03-14.

See also

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