• “Theories of the world”, Michael J. Crowe, second revised edition, 2001.
  • I do not see material that should be quoted from this book and not from the prime sources or deeper analysis.
  • “History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler”, Dreyer.
  • Siderial period of the Moon: realignment with the star. 27.32166 days. p. 10
  • Synodic period of the Moon: realignment with the Sun (full moon). 29.53059 days. p. 10
  • Zodiac - +/- 8 degrees from the ecliptic; sun, moon and the classical planets orbit within it. Moon - +/- 5. p. 11
  • Moon’s orbit is inclined 5 degrees 9 minutes (5.14 degrees) to the plain of the Sun’s orbit. p. 13
  • Moon’s draconitic period - between two ascending nodes (crossing the ecliptic going up). 27.2122. p. 14
  • Relative sizes of Earth, Sun and Moon. Aristarchus of Samos. p. 26-27
  • Epicycle. Deferrent. Anomaly. Radii are collinear when in “Ptolemy and the ancients”. p. 32-33.
  • Equant (Ptolemy). p. 38.
  • Hipparchus’s solar theory. p. 38
  • Ptolemy p. 42-47
    • Sun = Hipparchus: eccentric circle; center offset 1/24th of the radius from Earth;
    • Moon (see Campanus of Novarra) …
  • “Save the phenomena”; quote from the Rambam’s “Guide”. p. 71-72