Rudolphine

alternative Rudolfine

1. not comparablePertaining to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612).First known use 17th c.

   This hunt was both a classic Rudolfine conceit and at the heart of the mystery of Rudolf. Did he often go hunting with cheetahs?

   2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 134

2. not comparableastronomyDesignating a set of astronomical calculations computed by Johannes Kepler in 1627, using data collected by Tycho Brahe (both of whom had Rudolf II as patron).First known use 17th c.

   Moreover, like Horrocks, Wendelin improved on the Rudolphine values of the mean solar distances of Mercury and Venus: 0.38711 and 0.72343 as compared with Kepler's 0.38808 and 0.72413 […].

   2003, R. Taton, C. Wilson, editors, Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A, page 171