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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1003101
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1003101 |
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9 December 1997
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astrolabe
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0.77391016
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The authors identify the 20 unnamed stars on the rete of an astrolabe considered by M. Destombes to be the oldest extant Latin astrolabe, constructed about the year 1000. This determination is not universally accepted. The authors convincingly identify the 20 stars and then compare the implied coordinates with those obtained from known, dated, good quality Arabic astrolabes. It turns out that the errors of the Latin one are at least twice those of its Arabic models; hence, astronomical data cannot be used statistically to determine the period of its construction. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0855.00012].
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