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Model for the Three Superior Planets and Venus from Georg von Peuerbach, Theoricae novae planetarum.Image enhanced for legibility. The abbreviations in the center of the diagram read: C[entrum] æquantis (Center of the equant) C[entrum] deferentis (Center of the deferent) C[entrum] mundi (Center of the world)

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DescriptionPeuerbachSuperioribus2.png	Model for the Three Superior Planets and Venus from Georg von Peuerbach, Theoricae novae planetarum. Image enhanced for legibility. The abbreviations in the center of the diagram read: C[entrum] æquantis (Center of the equant) C[entrum] deferentis (Center of the deferent) C[entrum] mundi (Center of the world)
Date	1474
Source	http://www.univie.ac.at/hwastro/books/theoColMed.pdf
Author	Georg von Peuerbach
Permission (Reusing this file)	Image in public domain because of its age

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