standard reference for European astronomers before Copernicus

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astronomical tables medieval scientific work

The Alfonsine Tables were a 13th-century set of astronomical tables, commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile, that provided planetary positions and became the principal computational tool for European astronomers until the Copernican revolution.

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instanceOf astronomical tables ⓘ
medieval scientific work ⓘ
associatedWith Toledo School of Translators NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Ptolemaic astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Toledan Tables NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy Alfonso X of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledIn Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledUnderReignOf Alfonso X of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains eclipse tables ⓘ
lunar tables ⓘ
planetary tables ⓘ
solar tables ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs standard reference for European astronomers before Copernicus ⓘ
earliestMajorEditionDate 1320s ⓘ
earliestMajorEditionPlace Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
epochReference era of Alfonso X ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematical astronomy ⓘ
follows Almagest NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalSignificance principal computational tool for European astronomers until Copernicus ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
influenced European astronomy ⓘ
Georg von Peuerbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicolaus Copernicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regiomontanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject astronomy ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
planetary motion ⓘ
namedAfter Alfonso X of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePrintedEditionDate 1483 GENERATED ⓘ
notablePrintedEditionPlace Venice GENERATED ⓘ
originalLanguage Castilian ⓘ
publicationDate circa 1252–1270 ⓘ
regionOfUse Latin Christendom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Copernican tables NERFINISHED ⓘ
superseded Toledan Tables NERFINISHED ⓘ
use astrological calculations ⓘ
calendar computations ⓘ
computing planetary positions ⓘ
predicting eclipses ⓘ
usedBy European university astronomers ⓘ
astrologers in late medieval Europe ⓘ
usedUntil Copernican revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesCoordinateSystem geocentric model ⓘ

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