PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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das Apogeum des Ortes der Exzentrizität‘apogee of the eccentricity’

German

References: PH Nix: I.12:9, 97:29-30; I.13:9, 101:32-33
Translation of:
Arabic: أوج موضع الخروج عن المركز [PH Morelon: I.13:9, 51:1]
Arabic: أوج موضع الخروج المركز [PH Morelon: I.12:9, 45:16]
Synonyms:
das Apogeum des exzentrischen Kreises[PH Nix: I.9:5, 83:28; I.10:4, 87:12]