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Goldstein, B., Chabás, J. Ptolemy, Bianchini, and Copernicus: Tables for Planetary Latitudes. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 58, 453–473 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0081-x

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