Prutenic Tables

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The Prutenic Tables were influential 16th-century astronomical tables based on Copernican heliocentric theory, used for predicting planetary positions before being superseded by more accurate works like the Rudolphine Tables.

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instanceOf astronomical tables
ephemerides
accuracyComparedToPredecessor more accurate than Alfonsine Tables
accuracyComparedToSuccessor less accurate than Rudolphine Tables
alternativeName Prussian Tables
astronomicalSystem heliocentric model
author Erasmus Reinhold
basedOn Copernican heliocentric theory
compiler Erasmus Reinhold
contains eclipse tables
lunar tables
planetary mean motions
solar tables
tables of planetary longitudes
countryOfPublication Holy Roman Empire
discipline astrology
astronomy
era Renaissance astronomy
followsModelOf Nicolaus Copernicus
format printed book
historicalSignificance first widely used tables based on Copernican theory
helped disseminate Copernican astronomy
influenced Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar reform

Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
late 16th-century astronomy
language Latin
mathematicalBasis trigonometric methods
namedAfter Albert, Duke of Prussia
surface form: Albert I, Duke of Prussia
patron Albert, Duke of Prussia
surface form: Albert I, Duke of Prussia
printingTechnology early modern print
publicationCentury 16th century
publicationYear 1551
regionOfUse Central Europe
German-speaking lands
replaced Alfonsine Tables
sourceAuthor Nicolaus Copernicus
sourceWork De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
supersededBy Rudolphine Tables
timeSpanOfRelevance second half of the 16th century
usedFor astrological calculations
calendar reform
eclipse prediction
predicting planetary positions
usedUntil early 17th century

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Rudolphine Tables improvedAccuracyOver Prutenic Tables
Rudolphine Tables precededBy Prutenic Tables
Alfonsine Tables followedBy Prutenic Tables