PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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apogee of the eccentricity ‘apogee of the eccentricity’

English

References: PH Hamm: I.12:9, 59:19-20; I.13:9, 62:5
Translation of:
Greek: τὸ ἀπογειότατον τῆς ἐκκεντρότητος [PH Heiberg: I.12:9, 96:29; I.13:9, 100:30]