Islamic · c. 900 CE (observations 877–918)
al-Zīj al-Ṣābiʾ
Opus astronomicum
A Ptolemaic zīj that survives complete, in 57 chapters plus tables, the tables making up a third of the book. It explains its planetary models and solar parameters in some detail and gives instructions for computing true planetary longitudes, which in the deferent-and-epicycle model include the retrograde arcs.
- Author
- al-Battānī
- Date
- c. 900 CE (observations 877–918)
- Original language
- Arabic
- Kind
- Mathematical astronomy
- Planets
- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Editions
One edition.
| Year | Edition | © |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Nallino, C. A. (ed./trans.). Al-Battānī sive Albatenii Opus astronomicum. 3 vols. Milan (Pubblicazioni del Reale Osservatorio di Brera 40), 1899, 1903, 1907. | PD |
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One digitised copy.
- Nallino's Opus astronomicum, Part III, Arabic text (Milan, 1899)Internet ArchivePDOpen ↗
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References
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