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Hipparchus, the common Latinization of the Greek Hipparkhos, can mean:

Hipparchus
Hipparchus

Hipparchus, the common Latinization of the Greek Hipparkhos, can mean:* Hipparchus, the ancient Greek astronomer** Hipparchic cycle, an astronomical cycle he created...
, the ancient Greek astronomer

Hipparchic cycle
Hipparchic cycle

The Greek astronomer Hipparchus introduced two cycles that have been named after him in later literature.The first is described in Ptolemy's Almagest IV.2....
, an astronomical cycle he created
Hipparchus (lunar crater)
Hipparchus (lunar crater)

Hipparchus is the degraded remnant of a moon Impact crater. It is located to the southeast of Sinus Medii, near the center of the visible Moon. To the south is the prominent crater Albategnius , and to the southwest lies Ptolemaeus , a feature of comparable dimensions to Hipparchus....
, a lunar crater named in his honour
Hipparchus (Martian crater), a crater on Mars named in his honour
4000 Hipparchus
4000 Hipparchus

4000 Hipparchus is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on January 04, 1989 by Ueda, S. and Kaneda, H. at Kushiro....
, an asteroid named in his honour
Hipparcos
Hipparcos

Hipparcos was a scientific mission of the European Space Agency , launched in 1989 and operated between 1989 and 1993. It was the first space experiment devoted to astrometry, the accurate measurement of star positions, parallaxes, and proper motions....
, an astrometry space mission named in his honour

Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)
Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)

Hipparchus or Hipparch was a ruler of Athens. He was one of the sons of Peisistratos .Although he was said among Greeks to have been the tyrant of Athens along with his brother Hippias when Pisistratus died, about 527 BC, in actuality, according to Thucydides, Hippias was the tyrant....
, an ancient Athenian tyrant
Hipparchus of Euboea
Hipparchus of Euboea

Hipparchus or Hipparch of Euboea was one of the warmest partisans of Philip II of Macedon, who rewarded him for his zeal by appointing him, together with Automedon and Cleitarchus of Eretria, to be rulers, or, as Demosthenes calls them, tyrants of Eretria, supported by a force of mercenary troops....
, an ancient Euboean tyrant
Hipparchus (poet), an ancient Greek actor from Corinth
Hipparchus (dialogue)
Hipparchus (dialogue)

The Hipparchus or Hipparch is a dialogue attributed to the classical Greek philosopher and writer Plato. There is some debate as to the work's authenticity....
, a dialogue ascribed to Plato