Wābkanawīʼs prediction and calculations of the annular solar eclipse of 30 January 1283
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A critical review of the iterative process used by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Wābkanawī (Iran, Maragha, ca. 1270–1320) in order to compute the annular solar eclipse of 30 January 1283 agrees to a remarkable extent with modern astronomical computations of the same eclipse.About:
This article is published in Historia Mathematica.The article was published on 2013-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 12 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar eclipse & Eclipse.read more
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Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Maghribī’s lunar measurements at the Maragha observatory
TL;DR: In this paper, a technical study of the systematic observations and computations made by Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Maghribi (d. 1283) at the Maragha observatory (northwestern Iran, c. 1259-1320) in order to newly determine the parameters of the Ptolemaic lunar model, as explained in his Talkhīṣ al-majisṭī, “Compendium of the Almagest.
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Holding or Breaking with Ptolemy's Generalization: Considerations about the Motion of the Planetary Apsidal Lines in Medieval Islamic Astronomy.
TL;DR: In medieval Islamic astronomy, the Ptolemaic generalization in the case of the equality of the motions of the apogees remained untouchable, despite the notable development of planetary astronomy, in both theoretical and observational aspects, in the late Islamic period.
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Solar and lunar observations at Istanbul in the 1570s
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a detailed analysis of the accuracy of Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ma`rūf's (1526-1585) trio of lunar eclipses observed from Istanbul, Cairo, and Thessalonica in 1576-1577 and documented in chapter 2 of book 5 of his famous work, Sidrat muntaha al-afkar fī malakūt al-falak al-dawwār (The Lotus Tree in the Seventh Heaven of Reflection).
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Astronomical observations at the Maragha observatory in the 1260s–1270s
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of the systematic astronomical observations performed by Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Maghribi (d. 1283 AD) at the Maragha observatory (northwestern Iran, ca. 1260-1320 AD) between 1262 and 1274 AD is presented.
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Planetary latitudes in medieval Islamic astronomy: an analysis of the non-Ptolemaic latitude parameter values in the Maragha and Samarqand astronomical traditions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors classified the astronomical tables preserved from the medieval Islamic period (zīj literature), which have already been classified comprehensively by Van Dalen (Current perspectives in the history of science in East Asia, 1999).
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