PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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l'apogée du lieu d'excentricité‘apogee of the eccentricity’

French

References: PH Morelon: I.12:9, 44:20; I.13:9, 50:1
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:
l'apogée de l'(orbe) excentrique[PH Morelon: I.9:5, 28:24; I.10:4, 32:14]