Ptolemy (disambiguation) - Other

Other

A non-exhaustive list of other, generally later, uses of the name Ptolemy includes:

• Ptolemaeus crater on the Moon - named for Claudius Ptolemaeus.
• Ptolemaeus crater on Mars - named for Claudius Ptolemaeus.
• 4001 Ptolemaeus - an asteroid named for Claudius Ptolemaeus.
• Ptolemy Project - a computing project based at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. The project started in the 1980s and is named for Claudius Ptolemaeus.
• Ptolemy Project - a project to allow surgeons in Africa to access medical texts in the online library of the University of Toronto, Canada. It started in 2001, and was inspired by the medical library of Alexandria, founded by Ptolemy I Soter.
• Tolomeo (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) - an iconic desk lamp design produced for the Italian company Artemide in 1986.
• Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise, a character in The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
• Ptolemaic Terrascope - magazine (founded 1989). The name was inspired by "Ptolemy the turtle, who lives at Terrascope Towers". Various artworks and logos feature an astronomer peering through a 'terrascope', so Ptolemaic may here refer to Claudius Ptolemaeus.
• Ptolemy's Gate (published 2005) - the third book in The Bartimaeus Trilogy, a fantasy series by the English author Jonathan Stroud. The series includes a character called Ptolemy, from 2nd century BC Ptolemaic Egypt, who is nephew to Ptolemy VIII and cousin to Ptolemy IX.
• Claudius Ptolemaeus is featured as a wizard called Ptolemy, on a magical collectible card in the fictional Harry Potter universe.
• The Ptolemy (1934) - a large reed organ built by the American composer Harry Partch. This may have been named in tribute to Claudius Ptolemaeus, who summarized the musical work of philosophers like Pythagorus.
• Tolomeo (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) - an opera by Handel, composed in 1728. It is set in Egypt around 108 BC, when Ptolemy IX Lathyros deposed his mother and joint ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra III, for his younger brother, who reigned as Ptolemy X Alexander I.
• Ptolemy Dean (20th and 21st century) - British architect, author, and television consultant.
• Ptolemy Tompkins (20th and 21st century) - American author.
• Ptolemaios - Spaceship used by the main crew in Gundam 00.
• Mount Ptolemy (disambiguation) - mountains in Canada and Antarctica.
• Barry Ptolemy (20th and 21st century) - American film director and producer