Geminus and the concept of mean motion in Greco-Latin astronomy

DOI10.1007/BF02327157zbMATH Open0856.01002MaRDI QIDQ1924554FDOQ1924554

Authors: Alan C. Bowen, Bernard R. Goldstein 

Publication date: 17 February 1997

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

lunar motioncalendrical cycles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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• Hipparchus-Geminus-Galileo
• Hipparchus' Eclipse Trios and Early Trigonometry
• Greek astronomical calendars. V: The motion of the Sun in the Parapegma of Geminos and in the Romaka-Siddhānta

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