Definition of Equant. Meaning of Equant. Synonyms of Equant

- Equant (or punctum aequans) is a mathematical concept developed by Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD to account for the observed motion of the planets...
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- called the equant (Ptolemy did not give it a name). It was the angular rate at which the deferent moved around the point midway between the equant and the...
- much as 30 degrees. To alleviate the problem, Ptolemy developed the equant. The equant was a point near the center of a planet's orbit where, if you were...
- known as epicycles. Ptolemy's unique contribution to this theory was the equant—a point about which the center of a planet's epicycle moved with uniform...
- Hindu Astronomy", in David A. King and George Saliba, ed., From Deferent to Equant: A Volume of Studies in the History of Science in the Ancient and Medieval...
- the inferior planets and later used extensively as a substitute for the equant introduced over a thousand years earlier in Ptolemy's Almagest. The translation...
- org. — medieval Arabic translations and an English translation of those Equant Messier 7 – Ptolemy Cluster, star cluster described by Ptolemaeus Pei Xiu...
- describe the motion of Mars. The hypothesis adopted the circular orbit and equant of Ptolemy's planetary model as well as the heliocentrism of the Copernican...
- of computing apparent planetary positions (it avoided the need for the equant and better explained the apparent retrograde motion of planets), it still...