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# Title: Nicolai Mercatoris Holsati, è Soc. Reg. Institutionum Astronomicarum Libri Duo, De Motu Astrorum Communi & Proprio, Secundum Hypotheses Veterum & Recentiorum præcipuas; Deqve Hypotheseon ex observatis constructione (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 63)
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Sect. 20
ASTRONOMT
angulus A TF intex lineas apsidum A T S medii morS T F
IncerCeptuS. 3. Epicrcli motus detert corpus Planetae aequa-
liter ab M apogeo medio epicrcli vertus F _c C.
4. absolvune aurem mocus hi periodum suam, apogci
quidem in lingulis Planetis minoribus annis 36000, uti
censuit Prolemens, quanto scilicet temporis spario ee ipsum
tirmamentum revolvitur. Ac eccentricus sacurni indies duo
minura conticie, Toris 5, Martis 3F Z; _ orbem com-
Pler ille annis FOrpE. 29, diebus 129; ilte annis AEByPE.
L1, diebus 326; hic anno r; diebus proxime 322. Deni-
Que Planeta in circumferentia epiereli circum fertur Saturnus
quidem anno r, _ diebus 13 4. Tupicer anno L, diebus fere
34; Marsannis duobus, _ diebus Ferc 60.
5. Caeterum angulus ABD, quo linea medii motus
BD (vel TE) recessit a linea ap idum A B T, vocatur hic
atidem ur in Luna, centrum epieveli medium; ac angulus
ATD dicitur cenerum exieveli rerum Cire aquatum: ac
Droinde angulus B D T, quo cencrum medium dittert a vero,
dicitur xquatio centri. AC M P distancia Planetx ab APO-
Beo epicyeli medio vocatur arsumentum medium; SICuF
VM F distancia ab Apogeo vero dicicur Argumentum ve-
rumm. Angulus autem D T F est Aiguario orbis, estque
etiam in eadem distancia PlanerX F a Perigeo GnunC MajOE,
hunc minor, prour centrum epieveli D à Terra Y longe
el prope abest. Ideoque hic eadem rurus occurrie diver-
licasdiamerri, qua supra in Luna, eadem quoque scrupula
proportionalia, e excessus idem, licer quancitare in lingulis
llaneris diversa.
6. Inprimis aurem mirabilis antiquae AAronomix cultO-
ribus vitus fuic consensus ille Planetarum superiorum cum
Sole, quod nimirum revolurio cuju sque in suo epicyclo com
Dleatur praecise tanto tempore, quantum est ex una COn
Junctione aur oppolitione Media cum Sole ad aliam; adeo
ut in omni conjunctione Media, Planera existat in APOBCO
medio Epicycli; _ in omni Opposicione, (ic in Perisco,
licque carrum semper distet Planeta ab ApoBCo medio epit
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