Jean Meeus studied mathematics at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953 . From then until his retirement in 1993 , he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport.

His area of interest is spherical and mathematical astronomy.

In 1986 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Publications

• co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1966)
• Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979), 1st ed, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
• Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1988), 4th ed Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc, ISBN 0-943396-22-0
• co-author of Canon of Lunar Eclipses (1979)
• co-author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1983)
• Astronomical formulas for microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow ,"Mir", 1988)
• Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200 (1989) ISBN 0-943396-21-2
• Transits (1989)
• Astronomical Algorithms (1991), 1st ed, ISBN 0-943396-35-2
• Astronomical Algorithms (1998), 2nd ed, ISBN 0-943396-61-1
• Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1983) ISBN 0-943396-02-6
• Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (1997) ISBN 0-943396-51-4
• More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (2002) ISBN 0-943396-74-3
• Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III (2004) ISBN 0-943396-81-6
• co-author of Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2006), NASA Technical paper 2006-214141 2006
• Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV (2007) ISBN 987-0-943396-87-63

References

• An implementation of Astronomical Algorithms. Calculate MJD, Equation of Time and Solar Declination in Excel, CAD or your other programs. Sunlit Design claims accuracy of ± 270 milliseconds for the equation of time, ±30 arcseconds for solar declination, and ±4 arcminutes for solar hour angle.
• Bill McClain implementation of Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998 in [[Python (programming language)|python] and c++ ]
• Naughter Software implementation of Astronomical Algorithms, second edition 1998 in c++