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Rudolphine Tables
  زیج ِ رودولفی  
zij-e Rudolfi
Fr.: Tables rudolphines  

A set of astronomical tables created in 1627 by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) based on observations by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). These tables allowed Kepler to derive the three laws of planetary motions bearing his name (→ Kelpler’s laws). These are the first tables in which → atmospheric refraction has been taken into account. They overruled the → Prutenic Tables.

See also: From the L. title Tabulae Rudolphinae, in memory of Rudolf II (1552-1612), king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor; → table.