Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables
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Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables are a highly influential set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled in Toledo, that provided precise planetary positions and were widely used across the Islamic world and later in Europe.
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| Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables Context triple: [Islamic astronomy, hasKeyText, Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables]
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Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi is a seminal medieval astronomical handbook that refined Ptolemaic models and provided highly accurate planetary and solar tables widely used in the Islamic world and later in Europe.
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Alfonsine Tables
The Alfonsine Tables are a set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled under the patronage of Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century, that provided planetary positions and were widely used in Europe for centuries.
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Ibn al-Shatir planetary model
The Ibn al-Shatir planetary model is a 14th-century geocentric astronomical system that replaced Ptolemy’s equant with epicycles to more accurately predict planetary motions and anticipated key mathematical features of later heliocentric models.
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Almagest
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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E.
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables Target entity description: Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables are a highly influential set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled in Toledo, that provided precise planetary positions and were widely used across the Islamic world and later in Europe.
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A.
Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi is a seminal medieval astronomical handbook that refined Ptolemaic models and provided highly accurate planetary and solar tables widely used in the Islamic world and later in Europe.
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B.
Alfonsine Tables
The Alfonsine Tables are a set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled under the patronage of Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century, that provided planetary positions and were widely used in Europe for centuries.
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C.
Ibn al-Shatir planetary model
The Ibn al-Shatir planetary model is a 14th-century geocentric astronomical system that replaced Ptolemy’s equant with epicycles to more accurately predict planetary motions and anticipated key mathematical features of later heliocentric models.
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D.
Almagest
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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E.
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic astronomy text
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astronomical tables ⓘ medieval scientific work ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Toledan Tables ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfCompilation |
11th century
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c. 1060s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Toledo School of Translators
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surface form:
Toledan school of translators
|
| author | Al-Zarqali ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ |
| centerOfComputation | Toledo ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | manuscripts ⓘ |
| compiler | Al-Zarqali ⓘ |
| contains |
lunar tables
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planetary tables ⓘ solar tables ⓘ tables of eclipses ⓘ tables of fixed stars ⓘ trigonometric tables ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | ecliptic coordinates ⓘ |
| country | Taifa of Toledo ⓘ |
| eraUsed |
Hijri calendar
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Yazdegerd III ⓘ
surface form:
Yazdegerd era
|
| field | history of science ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major source for pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe ⓘ |
| improvedUpon | earlier Arabic astronomical tables ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alfonsine Tables
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European medieval astronomy ⓘ Latin astronomical tradition ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
astronomy
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celestial coordinates ⓘ planetary positions ⓘ |
| modelType | geocentric model ⓘ |
| placeOfCompilation | Toledo ⓘ |
| precision | high for medieval standards ⓘ |
| region |
Andalusia
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surface form:
al-Andalus
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| tradition | Andalusian astronomy ⓘ |
| translatedIn | 12th century ⓘ |
| translatedInto | Latin ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Islamic astronomers
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Latin scholastic astronomers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astrological calculations
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calendar computation ⓘ prediction of eclipses ⓘ prediction of planetary positions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic world
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medieval Europe ⓘ |
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