Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his...
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craterlet on the southeast rim, Apianus B, is a member of a cluster of co-joined craterlets that includes Apianus T and Apianus U. The interior floor of the...
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both its rotation and the orbit of the Moon. In 1533, German humanist Petrus Apianus described the exertion of gravity: Since it is apparent that in the...
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same as those of two comets that had appeared in 1531 (observed by Petrus Apianus) and 1607 (observed by Johannes Kepler). Halley thus concluded that...
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the Caesars; also translated as The Emperor's Astronomy) is a book by Petrus Apianus first published in 1540. Astronomicum was initially published in 1540...
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Mermesa, Nelisa, and Tara. A pyxis has Hippolyte, Mapsaura, and Thetis. Petrus Apianus attributed to these stars a mythical connection of their own. He believed...
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Ahlswede Wilhelm Ahrens Oskar Anderson Karl Apfelbacher Philipp Apian Petrus Apianus Michael Artin Günter Asser Bruno Augenstein Georg Aumann Isaak Bacharach...
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Petrus Apianus (1495-1552), mathematician, geographer, astronomer Philipp Apian (1531-1589), He was a German mathematician and doctor. Son of Petrus Apianus...
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The Instrument of the Primum Mobile is also called the quadrant of Petrus Apianus, because he invented it and described it in the treatise Instrumentum...
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