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An astronomical term referring to the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. In the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems, it was a crucial parameter for calculating planetary positions.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
Johannes Regiomontanus (1436-1476)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes de Sacro Busto (Sacrobosco)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus; C.L. Menzzer
Kepler, Johannes
Neelakantha; ed. Anonymous
Roussat, Richard
Johannes Regiomontanus (1436-1476)
Johannes de Sacro Busto (Sacrobosco)
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Virdung von Hasfurt, Johann
Johannes Kepler; Tycho Brahe
Theon of Smyrna; Eduard Hiller (ed.)
Alcabitius (Al-Qabisi); Johannes de Saxonia (commentary)
Johannes de Sacro Busto (Sacrobosco)
Bacon, Roger
Roger Bacon; annotations by John Dee
Johannes ab Indagine
Aristotle; Argyropoulos, Johannes (trans.)
Andrea Cesalpino
Johannes de Sacrobosco
Tycho Brahe
Andrea Cesalpino
Marin Mersenne
Antonius Deusingius
Firmicus Maternus
Andreas Cellarius
Christiaan Huygens
Rothmann
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
Bacon, Roger
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
John Maudith, Sahl ibn Bishr, Robert Grosseteste, et al.
Cornelius Gemma
Pierre Gassendi
Nicolaus Copernicus
Georg von Peurbach
Pierre Gassendi
Pierre Gassendi
Pierre Gassendi
Tycho Brahe
Philip Lansberge
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
Anton Maria Schyrleus de Rheita
Gerardus Johannes Vossius
Pierre Gassendi
Bartholomaeus Anglicus
Pierre Gassendi
Johannes de Sacrobosco
Zera ben Nathan, of Troki, 1578-
Pliny the Elder
Handel, Ignatius; Reibelt, Johann Joseph Adam
Ptolemy; Euclid; Theodosius
Giordano Bruno
Theon of Smyrna
Pliny the Elder
Theon of Smyrna
Euclid; Proclus; Marinus
Ptolemy; Euclid
Theon of Smyrna
Bar Hebraeus (Gregory Abulfaraj)
Proclus; Cleomedes; Aratus
al-Farghani (Alfraganus); Jacob Golius (ed.)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Claudius Ptolemy (ed. J.L. Heiberg)
Johannes de Sacrobosco
Bacon, Roger
Theon of Alexandria
Simon Stevin
Christoph Scheiner
Regiomontanus, Peuerbach, Hermes Trismegistus, et al.
Andrea Cesalpino
Johannes de Sacrobosco
Galileo Galilei
Christophorus Clavius
Kepler, Johannes
Hermes Trismegistus, Albumasar, Messahallah, Thebit ben Corat, et al.
Marin Mersenne
Johannes de Sacro Bosco; Albumasar; Alcabitius; Messahala; Al-Kindi
Ranganatha (comm.); RC Panday (ed.)
Hermes Trismegistus, Albumasar, Messahallah, Thebit ben Corat, et al.
Christiaan Huygens
Jagannatha
Bernard Forest de Bélidor
Nikephoros Blemmydes
Kamalakara Bhatta
Fernel, Jean
Mersenne, Marin
Azalus, Pompilius
Aristotle
Aristotle; Argyropoulos, Johannes (trans.)
Proclus; Cleomedes; Aratus
Zera ben Nathan, of Troki, 1578-
Ptolemy; Euclid; Theodosius
Robert Grosseteste; Ludwig Baur (ed.)
Fernel, Jean
Anton Maria Schyrleus de Rheita
Pierre Gassendi
Tycho Brahe
Regiomontanus, Peuerbach, Hermes Trismegistus, et al.
Theon of Smyrna
Plutarch; ed. Gregorios N. Bernardakis
Peter Peregrinus, Pseudo-Albertus Magnus, Alcabitius, Al-Kindi, et al.
Giordano Bruno
Simon Stevin
Friedrich Dieterici