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History of Science Department University of Aarhus

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18 1. PTOLEMAIOS' PLANETMODELLER I ALMAGESTEN<br />

For ingen steder n vner han, at der her er et problem, ej heller ndrer han pa<br />

formuleringen af PUC i bog I, eller omtaler bev gelserne som v rende andet end<br />

uniformt cirkul re. Ptolemaios synes derfor i al ubem rkethed at have tillagt PUC<br />

en ekstra fortolkning | nemlig at en uniform cirkul r bev gelse ikke n dvendigvis<br />

er uniform mht. til cirkelbev gelsens centrum. Forklaringen pa dette kan skyldes,<br />

at han pa den ene side n digt vil undv re den gede pr cision stammende fra<br />

equantpunktet og pa den anden side heller ikke nsker konfrontation med datidens<br />

indgroede aristoteliske kosmologi.

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