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The Alfonsine tables (sometimes spelled Alphonsine tables) were ephemerides
Ephemeris

An ephemeris is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times. Different kinds are used for astronomy and astrology....
 (astronomical tables) drawn up at Toledo
Toledo, Spain

Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital city of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha....
 by order of Alfonso X around 1252 to 1270 to correct anomalies in the Tables of Toledo
Tables of Toledo

Gerard of Cremona edited for Latin readers the Tables of Toledo , the most accurate compilation of Astronomy/astrological data ever seen in Europe at the time....
. They divided the year into 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 16 seconds. They were originally written in Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 and later translated into Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
. Georg Purbach
Georg Purbach

Georg von Peuerbach was a Germans/Austrian astronomer and mathematician.About the year 1440 he received the degree of master of philosophy and the free arts, cum insigni laude, at the University of Vienna....
 used the Alfonsine tables for his astronomy book, Theoricae novae planetarum (New Theory of the Planets).

The Alfonsine tables were the most popular astronomical tables in Europe until late in the 16th century, when they were replaced by Erasmus Reinhold
Erasmus Reinhold

Erasmus Reinhold was a Germany astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany....
's Prutenic Tables
Prutenic Tables

The Prutenic Tables , were an ephemeris by the astronomer Erasmus Reinhold published in 1551. They are sometimes called the Prussian Tables after Albert I, Duke of Prussia, who supported Reinhold and financed the printing....
 of 1551.

Methodology
The methods of Claudius Ptolemy were used to compute the tables.






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The Alfonsine tables (sometimes spelled Alphonsine tables) were ephemerides
Ephemeris

An ephemeris is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times. Different kinds are used for astronomy and astrology....
 (astronomical tables) drawn up at Toledo
Toledo, Spain

Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital city of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha....
 by order of Alfonso X around 1252 to 1270 to correct anomalies in the Tables of Toledo
Tables of Toledo

Gerard of Cremona edited for Latin readers the Tables of Toledo , the most accurate compilation of Astronomy/astrological data ever seen in Europe at the time....
. They divided the year into 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 16 seconds. They were originally written in Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 and later translated into Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
. Georg Purbach
Georg Purbach

Georg von Peuerbach was a Germans/Austrian astronomer and mathematician.About the year 1440 he received the degree of master of philosophy and the free arts, cum insigni laude, at the University of Vienna....
 used the Alfonsine tables for his astronomy book, Theoricae novae planetarum (New Theory of the Planets).

The Alfonsine tables were the most popular astronomical tables in Europe until late in the 16th century, when they were replaced by Erasmus Reinhold
Erasmus Reinhold

Erasmus Reinhold was a Germany astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany....
's Prutenic Tables
Prutenic Tables

The Prutenic Tables , were an ephemeris by the astronomer Erasmus Reinhold published in 1551. They are sometimes called the Prussian Tables after Albert I, Duke of Prussia, who supported Reinhold and financed the printing....
 of 1551.

Methodology


The methods of Claudius Ptolemy were used to compute the tables. Modern computations have (1) verified that the original computations were correct and (2) that the methodology was indeed Ptolemy's unmodified theory.

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