On (the) Sizes and Distances (of the Sun and Moon) may refer to: On the Sizes and Distances (Aristarchus), by Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310 – c. 230 BC)... 373 bytes (74 words) - 16:48, 1 December 2020 |
theory. Aristarchus estimated the sizes of the Sun and Moon as compared to Earth's size. He also estimated the distances from the Earth to the Sun and Moon... 24 KB (2,779 words) - 23:37, 9 May 2024 |
On Sizes and Distances (of the Sun and Moon) (Greek: Περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων [ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης], romanized: Peri megethon kai apostematon) is a text... 17 KB (3,021 words) - 02:55, 2 May 2024 |
book On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon, which is his only work to have survived. In this work, he calculated the sizes of the Sun and Moon... 33 KB (4,138 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2024 |
Counter-Earth (redirect from Hearth of the Universe) from Earth and distinct from the Sun which also revolves around it). In modern times a hypothetical planet always on the other side of the Sun from Earth... 19 KB (2,068 words) - 18:58, 3 May 2024 |
titled Volume I, From Thales to Euclid and Volume II, From Aristarchus to Diophantus. It got positive reviews and is still used today. Ten years later,... 13 KB (1,521 words) - 16:29, 13 June 2023 |
Euclid (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which established the foundations of... 44 KB (4,312 words) - 03:57, 25 April 2024 |
Hipparchus (redirect from Against the Geography of Eratosthenes) calculated the circumference of the Earth and also the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Greek mathematics On the Sizes and Distances (Aristarchus) On the Sizes... 83 KB (10,031 words) - 05:30, 13 May 2024 |