Ptolemy's Planetary Hypotheses

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gptkbp:instanceOf ancient astronomical treatise
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Hypotheseis_ton_planomenon
gptkb:Planetary_Hypotheses
gptkbp:author gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
gptkbp:contains estimates of planetary distances
estimates of planetary sizes
gptkbp:date 2nd century CE
gptkbp:describes physical models of planetary motion
gptkbp:dividedInto two books
gptkbp:followsWork gptkb:Almagest
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ptolemy's Planetary Hypotheses
gptkbp:influenced medieval European astronomy
medieval Islamic astronomy
gptkbp:originalGreekTextStatus lost
gptkbp:proposedBy solid celestial spheres
gptkbp:subject gptkb:astronomy
planetary theory
gptkbp:survivesIn Arabic translation
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemaeus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7