Theoricae novae planetarum
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Theoricae novae planetarum is a 16th-century astronomical treatise by Georg Joachim Rheticus that presented updated planetary theories and helped pave the way for the acceptance of Copernican heliocentrism.
All labels observed (1)
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| Theoricae novae planetarum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21926574 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theoricae novae planetarum Context triple: [Epitome of the Almagest, relatedWork, Theoricae novae planetarum]
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The Mechanism of the Heavens
The Mechanism of the Heavens is Mary Somerville’s influential 1831 mathematical exposition of celestial mechanics that helped popularize and clarify Laplace’s work for a broader scientific audience.
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B.
Astronomia nova
Astronomia nova is Johannes Kepler’s groundbreaking 1609 astronomical treatise in which he first formulated two of his three laws of planetary motion, fundamentally reshaping early modern astronomy.
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C.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
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D.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
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E.
Cosmographia physica et mathematica
Cosmographia physica et mathematica is a scientific treatise by Italian mathematician and astronomer Paolo Frisi that presents a mathematical and physical explanation of the structure and phenomena of the cosmos.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theoricae novae planetarum Target entity description: Theoricae novae planetarum is a 16th-century astronomical treatise by Georg Joachim Rheticus that presented updated planetary theories and helped pave the way for the acceptance of Copernican heliocentrism.
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A.
The Mechanism of the Heavens
The Mechanism of the Heavens is Mary Somerville’s influential 1831 mathematical exposition of celestial mechanics that helped popularize and clarify Laplace’s work for a broader scientific audience.
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B.
Astronomia nova
Astronomia nova is Johannes Kepler’s groundbreaking 1609 astronomical treatise in which he first formulated two of his three laws of planetary motion, fundamentally reshaping early modern astronomy.
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C.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
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D.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
-
E.
Cosmographia physica et mathematica
Cosmographia physica et mathematica is a scientific treatise by Italian mathematician and astronomer Paolo Frisi that presents a mathematical and physical explanation of the structure and phenomena of the cosmos.
- F. None of above. chosen
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