-
number of
epicycles. This is
because epicycles can be
represented as a
complex Fourier series; therefore, with a
large number of
epicycles, very complex...
- the main
reason that Copernicus'
system had even more
epicycles than Ptolemy's. The more
epicycles proved to have more
accurate measurements of how the...
-
equant with a pair of new
epicycles was
entirely equivalent.
Astronomers often continued using the
equants instead of the
epicycles because the
former was...
-
astronomy that were po****r
among the
Arabs and Byzantines. His work on
epicycles has come to
symbolize a very
complex theoretical model built in order...
-
standard epicyclic gearing.
Around 500 BC, the Gr****s
invented the idea of
epicycles, of
circles travelling on the
circular orbits. With this
theory Claudius...
- Archimedes, with
knowledge of
epicycles and eccentrics, and the
Antikythera mechanism also
appears to
presuppose eccentrics and
epicycles in the way it produces...
-
versions disagree in
their measurements of Shani's revolutions, apogee,
epicycles,
nodal longitudes,
orbital inclination, and
other parameters. For example...
-
their data, in
their measurements of Brihaspati's revolutions, apogee,
epicycles,
nodal longitudes,
orbital inclination, and
other parameters. For example...
-
sphere above it and the
sphere below. When
scholars applied Ptolemy's
epicycles, they
presumed that each
planetary sphere was
exactly thick enough to...
- the
planets are each
governed by two
epicycles, a
smaller manda (slow)
epicycle and a
larger śīghra (fast)
epicycle. It has been
suggested by some commentators...
