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  2. Timeline of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Al-Juzjani even proposed a solution to the problem. In al-Andalus, the anonymous work al-Istidrak ala Batlamyus (meaning "Recapitulation regarding Ptolemy"), included a list of objections to the Ptolemic astronomy. One of the most important works in the period was Al-Shukuk ala Batlamyus ("Doubts on Ptolemy"). In this, the author summed up the ...

  3. Category:Astronomy timelines - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Timeline of Solar System astronomy; Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and ...

  4. Timeline of cosmological theories - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of cosmological theories and discoveries is a chronological record of the development of humanity's understanding of the cosmos over the last two-plus millennia. Modern cosmological ideas follow the development of the scientific discipline of physical cosmology .

  5. Category:History of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Discovery and exploration of the Solar System (14 C, 24 P) H. ... Timeline of astronomy;

  6. Canon of Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Canon of Kings was a dated list of kings used by ancient astronomers as a convenient means to date astronomical phenomena, such as eclipses.For a period, the Canon was preserved by the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, and is thus known sometimes as Ptolemy's Canon.

  7. Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys

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    1962 — A.S. Bennett of the Cambridge Radio Astronomy Group publishes the Revised 3C Catalogue of 328 radio sources; 1965 — Gerry Neugebauer and Robert Leighton begin a 2.2 micrometre sky survey with a 1.6-meter telescope on Mount Wilson; 1982 — IRAS space observatory completes an all-sky mid-infrared survey

  8. Category:Constellations listed by Ptolemy - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Constellations listed by Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy (after 150 CE) — 48 are IAU recognized

  9. Geocentric model - Wikipedia

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    Early in the 11th century Alhazen wrote a scathing critique of Ptolemy's model in his Doubts on Ptolemy (c. 1028), which some have interpreted to imply he was criticizing Ptolemy's geocentrism, [14] but most agree that he was actually criticizing the details of Ptolemy's model rather than his geocentrism. [15]