Talk:Abu-Mahmud Khujandi

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Al-Khujandi accurately computed the axial tilt to be 23°32'19" (23.53°), which was a significant improvement over the Greek estimate of 23°51'20" (23.86°) and still very close to the modern measurement of 23°26' (23.44°). This is wrong! The obliquity has not a constant value, but is decreasing with time. It was 23°51' at the time of Ptolemy and is actually 23°26'. Al-Khujandis value is only valid for his time! Siffler (talk) 18:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey, obviously Khujandi cannot be from "the Mongol nobility" since the Mongols wouldn't be in the region for a couple hundred years!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.83.193 (talk) 23:47, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Mongol Nobility
"Al-Tusi says that al-Khujandi was one of the rulers of the Mongol tribe in that region so he must have come from the nobility." From. Wiqi( 55 ) 00:57, 5 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Anything more viable than a website? A published source perhaps? --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:02, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, that website is considered reliable. We also don't second guess claims found in secondary/tertiery sources unless we have knowledge of the primary sources (Tusi's work doesn't seem accessible, though). Wiqi( 55 ) 01:20, 5 June 2012 (UTC)