In Aristotelian physics and Greek astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical... 4 KB (465 words) - 14:12, 25 April 2024 |
and the fixed stars to be perfectly concentric spheres in a superlunary region above the sublunary sphere. Aristotle had asserted that these bodies (in... 18 KB (2,215 words) - 12:58, 22 April 2024 |
air and fire - with fire at the top, Aristotle saw the sublunary world as surmounted by the sphere of fire. Aristotle's conception became prevalent in the... 3 KB (438 words) - 03:54, 15 December 2022 |
Moon is described as the boundary between the corruptible and changing sublunary world and the incorruptible and unchanging heavens above it. Ptolemaic... 33 KB (4,138 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2024 |
form the sublunary sphere. According to Aristotle, air is both hot and wet and occupies a place between fire and water among the elemental spheres. Aristotle... 11 KB (1,316 words) - 14:19, 12 February 2024 |
motions are ruled by principles other than those of bodies in the sublunary sphere. The latter are composed of one or all of the four classical elements... 9 KB (1,154 words) - 16:14, 10 March 2024 |
Aristotle contrasts the imperfection of the sublunary sphere with the perfection of the celestial sphere. Thus uniform motion is also superior to non-uniform... 29 KB (3,506 words) - 08:01, 28 March 2024 |
the sublunary sphere. According to Aristotle, water is both cold and wet and occupies a place between air and earth among the elemental spheres. In ancient... 5 KB (620 words) - 05:47, 6 July 2023 |
face was to position astronomical bodies with respect to the celestial sphere along the ecliptic, in reference to the observer's position on the Earth... 125 KB (12,977 words) - 22:20, 30 April 2024 |