standard reference for European astronomers before Copernicus

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The Alfonsine Tables were a 13th-century set of astronomical tables, commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile, that provided planetary positions and became the principal computational tool for European astronomers until the Copernican revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical tables
medieval scientific work
associatedWith Toledo School of Translators
basedOn Ptolemaic astronomy
chronologicallyFollows Toledan Tables
commissionedBy Alfonso X of Castile
compiledIn Toledo
compiledUnderReignOf Alfonso X of Castile
contains eclipse tables
lunar tables
planetary tables
solar tables
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Castile
linked to: Castile
describedAs standard reference for European astronomers before Copernicus
earliestMajorEditionDate 1320s
earliestMajorEditionPlace Paris
epochReference era of Alfonso X
fieldOfWork mathematical astronomy
follows Almagest
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
historicalSignificance principal computational tool for European astronomers until Copernicus
inception 13th century
influenced European astronomy
Georg von Peuerbach
Nicolaus Copernicus
Regiomontanus
language Latin
mainSubject astronomy
celestial mechanics
planetary motion
namedAfter Alfonso X of Castile
notablePrintedEditionDate 1483
notablePrintedEditionPlace Venice
originalLanguage Castilian
publicationDate circa 1252–1270
regionOfUse Latin Christendom
linked to: Christendom

Western Europe
replacedBy Copernican tables
superseded Toledan Tables
use astrological calculations
calendar computations
computing planetary positions
predicting eclipses
usedBy European university astronomers
astrologers in late medieval Europe
usedUntil Copernican revolution
usesCoordinateSystem geocentric model

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Alfonsine Tables historicalSignificance standard reference for European astronomers before Copernicus