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Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji

First Name Nur
Last Name Al-Bitruji
Born on January 1, 1200
Died on January 1, 1204 (aged 4)

Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji was an Iberian-Arab astronomer and a Qadi in al-Andalus. Al-Biṭrūjī was the first astronomer to present a non-Ptolemaic astronomical system as an alternative to Ptolemy's models, with the planets borne by geocentric spheres. Another original aspect of his system was that he proposed a physical cause of celestial motions. His alternative system spread through most of Europe during the 13th century.

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