Ptolemy's treatment of the outer planets

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Jan 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005ahes...59..169d&link_type=abstract

Archive for History of Exact Sciences (ISSN 0003-9519), Vol. 59, No. 2, p. 169 - 187 (2005)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History Of Astronomy, Planets

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether for the outer planets Ptolemy followed his otherwise consistent custom of describing a scenario that did not happen as he says, or whether, at least for the outer planets, he left us a more accurate rendition of events. The detailed reconstructions of Ptolemy's calculations that follow show that, at least in the Almagest, Ptolemy is a writer with consistent habits when it comes to observations. We begin by reviewing, with minimal editorial comment, Ptolemy's calculations for each planet.

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