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studied at Cracow and in Italy. He was a
priest, and settled at Frauenberg. He did
not undertake continuous observations, but
devoted himself to simplifying the plane-
tary systems and devising means for more
accurately predicting the positions of the
sun, moon, and planets. He had no idea
of framing a solar system on a dynamical
basis. His great object was to increase the
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