Overview
Ptolemy was an Astronomer.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native name | 多錄某 | Duolumou |
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 127 to AD 151 西人多錄某測得Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 294
- AD 100 to AD 170 西法自多祿某以至第谷Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 26, passage 44
Key source chapters
Origins and identity
- Group Westerner 西人Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 294
- Western 西人Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 26, passage 44
Career and standing
- astronomer 西人Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 294
Places and affiliations
- Polity West 西 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 294
Works and attributed material
- Observation · Author · ParaphrasedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passages 294-298
Events and relationships
- Established deferent epicycle eccentricScholarly · Theorist · Mode named-source-report Source Work Daily Solar Motion Treatise (Later Compilation) 考成後編日躔歷理Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 26, passage 44
- MeasuredAstronomical · Observer · Object planetary visibility limits 伏見限 · Result Venus 5°; Jupiter and Mercury 10°; Saturn 11°; Mars 11°30′ of solar depressionDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 47, passages 294-298
Source notes
- 西人多錄某 is the chapter’s named Western measurer of planetary visibility limits, identified as Ptolemy via the established 多祿某 transliterationHistoricity historicalStrongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 47, passage 294
References in the histories
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