Packet 5: Tossup 17

Note to moderator: Read answerline carefully. Scholars led by Gautama Siddha chronicled members of this profession during the Kaiyuan Era like Shi Shen and Gan De. Alfonso X of Castile’s patronage of “tables” used in this profession (15[1])earned him the epithet “the wise.” (-5[1])The multi-gear Antikythera (“an-TEE-kuh-THEE-ruh”) mechanism (-5[1])was probably (15[1])used by members (15[1])of this (-5[1])profession. (15[2]-5[2])The (15[1]-5[1])Almagest (15[1])("ALL-muh-jest") was (15[1])expanded (15[1])upon in (-5[2])catalogues (-5[2])called Zij (“zeej”) by members of this profession (15[1])based at an institution founded by Ulugh (-5[1])Beg (15[2])in (15[1])(*) Samarkand. (10[2])Armillary Spheres (-5[1])were used by a member of this profession (-5[1])who uttered “and yet it moves” during a trial (10[3])on his (10[1])support for heliocentrism. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])members of what (10[1])profession worked in observatories? (10[1])■END■ (10[12])

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