![So, Fabricius, I already have this: that the most true path of the planet [Mars] is an ellipse, which Dürer also calls an oval, or certainly so close to an ellipse that the difference is insensible.](/assets/img/quote-photos/so-fabricius-i-already-have-this-that-the-most-true-path-of-the-planet-mars.jpg)
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