PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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نقطتي الاعدال ‘equinoctial points’

Arabic

References: Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 307
Modern translations:
English: equinoctial points [Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?]
Synonyms:
نقطتي الاستواء[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 176, 233, 264]