epicycle

model of planetary motion in which planets moved in a small circle which in turn moves around the Earth
Intangible theory Q961202
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epicycle

Summary

epicycle is a theory[1]. epicycle draws 202 Wikipedia views per month (theory category, ranking #75 of 323).[2]

Key Facts

  • epicycle's image is recorded as Ptolemaic elements.svg[3].
  • epicycle's image is recorded as Epicycles.gif[4].
  • epicycle's instance of is recorded as theory[5].
  • epicycle's Commons category is recorded as Epicycle[6].
  • epicycle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0124w4[7].
  • epicycle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0103551[8].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as The Mathematical Power of Epicyclical Astronomy[9].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • epicycle's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[16].
  • epicycle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/epicycle[17].
  • epicycle's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4937079[18].
  • epicycle's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as episykel[19].
  • epicycle's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 023021[20].
  • epicycle's schematic is recorded as Epicycle solaire.jpg[21].
  • epicycle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 4459446[22].
  • epicycle's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Epicycle_(Ptolemaic_Astronomy)[23].
  • epicycle's Lex ID is recorded as epicykel[24].
  • epicycle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as epicicle[25].

Why It Matters

epicycle draws 202 Wikipedia views per month (theory category, ranking #75 of 323).[2] epicycle has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] epicycle is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q115150080. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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