Almagest
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The Almagest is an influential 2nd-century astronomical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically presents the geocentric model of the cosmos and provides mathematical tools for predicting planetary motions.
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Claudius Ptolemaeus
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Claudius Ptolemaeus ("Tetrabiblos") → |
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Ptolemaic system
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describedIn |
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Orion
("Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations")
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Islamic astronomy
("Ptolemy's Almagest")
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preserved |