| Birth: | 1734 | | Death: | 1799 | 
Astronomer. He helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into Japan. Asada spent the majority of his career as a physician in Osaka. Due to the exclusionary policies of the Japanese government, he was only able to access information about Western scientific theories largely through obsolete Chinese works that had been edited by Jesuit missionaries in China. Nevertheless he managed to develop sophisticated mathematical models of celestial movements and has been credited with an independent discovery of Kepler's third law. The Asada crater on the moon is named in his honor. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Search Amazon for Goryu Asada | | | Burial:
Jyoshun-ji Temple
Osaka
Osaka, Japan |
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Originally Created by: Warrick L. Barrett
Record added: Jul 14, 2007
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