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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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superseded Toledan Tables ⓘ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 ⓘ