Ming · Astronomer and Scientist

Tycho 第谷

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Attested AD 1585

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3
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1
Histories
1

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Tycho was an Astronomer and Scientist.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical · Male

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  • Measured
    AD 1585 明萬曆十三年 · Astronomical · Observer · Object Mercury apogee and deferent/epicycle radii 水星最高及本輪、均輪半徑 · Method same method as for Venus 如測金星法 · Result apogee at Ximu 0°10′17″, annual apogee motion 1′45″14‴; eccentricity 682,155 per 10,000,000
    Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 47, passages 272-273
  • Measured
    Astronomical · Observer · Object Mercury secondary-deferent radius 水星次輪半徑 · Result 3,850,000 per 10,000,000 of the deferent radius
  • Measured
    Astronomical · Observer · Object Venus secondary-deferent radius 金星次輪半徑 · Result 7,224,850 per 10,000,000 of the deferent radius

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 47Volume 47 Treatises 22: Calendar 3 · 3 passages