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Ibn al-Ha'im's Trepidation Model

Author

Comes, Mercè (Comes Maymó), 1949-2010

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2016-04-28T12:47:13Z

2001

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Abstract

The aim of trepidation models was to account for two phenomena that puzzled medieval astronomers: the secular decrease of the obliquity of the ecliptic, and the apparent changes in the velocity of precession over the years.

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Article

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Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Astronomia àrab; Astronomia antiga; Astronomia medieval; Arab astronomy; Ancient astronomy; Medieval astronomy

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Universitat de Barcelona

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Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Suhayl/article/view/199592

Suhayl. Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islam, 2001, vol. 2, p. 291-408

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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Comes, Mercè (Comes Maymó), 1949-2010, 2001

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