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6.00" x 8.00"
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8.00" x 10.00"
Wheel Chart For Jupiter's Orbit Poster
by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
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Wheel Chart For Jupiter's Orbit poster by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Wheel chart for Jupiter's orbit. This volvelle (wheel chart) is from the astronomical atlas Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) by the German printer... more
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Wheel chart for Jupiter's orbit. This volvelle (wheel chart) is from the astronomical atlas Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) by the German printer Petrus Apianus (1495-1552). A volvelle involves several layers of paper placed over each other, which are then rotated to produce the desired result. In this case, to show the position of Jupiter in the night sky for a given latitude, time and date. The Latin names of the zodiacal constellations are around the rim of both the main wheel, and the smaller wheel. Jupiter rotates around this smaller wheel (the epicycle) as the epicycle itself rotates around the larger wheel (the deferent). This Ptolemaic system of epicycles was later replaced by the heliocentric Copernican system (1543) and Kepler's ellipses (1609).
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Gary F Richards
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