Which country was Hipparchus from?
Italy
Egypt
Greece
Persia
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Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician. He was born in Nicaea, in what is now Turkey, around 190 BC. He is best known for his work on astronomy, including his observations of the stars and planets. He also made a map of the sky, and he developed a system for measuring the length of the day.
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