On the Sizes and Distances (of the Sun and Moon) (Ancient Greek: Περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων [ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης], romanized: Perì megethôn kaì apostēmátōn...

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)...

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...

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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...

On Sizes and Distances (of the Sun and Moon) (Περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων [ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης], Peri megethon kai apostematon) is a text by the ancient...

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...

as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which established the foundations of...

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...

gear, and a gear/coaxial tube/pointer, thus, twelve gears additional in all. In total, there are eight coaxial spindles of various nested sizes to transfer...

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,...

compass and straightedge. The difficulty of the problem raised the question of whether specified axioms of Euclidean geometry concerning the existence...

mathematical or exact sciences, from whom only 29 works are extant in Greek: Aristarchus, Autolycus, Philo of Byzantium, Biton, Apollonius, Archimedes, Euclid...

was Aristarchus of Samos (c. 270 BC). Like his contemporary Eratosthenes, Aristarchus calculated the size of the Earth and measured the sizes and distances...

already proposed by Aristarchus of Samos in his book On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon. He noted that the Sun, Moon, and Earth form a right...

(2013). Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus: A History of Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus, Together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the Sizes and Distances...

underflow and truncation) errors in floating point calculations. The book On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon, which is ascribed to Aristarchus, says...

building on Euclid's Elements. Other works in the collection included Aristarchus' On the Sizes and Distances, Autolycus' On Rising and Settings and On the Moving...

small and so the stars must be placed at great distances from the Earth (assuming heliocentrism to be true). According to Archimedes, Aristarchus did not...

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eccentrics and another deferent and epicycles. In the following century, measures of the sizes and distances of the Earth and the Moon improved. Around 200...

(1913). Aristarchus of Samos, the ancient Copernicus; a history of Greek astronomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the sizes and distances...

order of distance around the Sun. In On the Sizes and Distances, he calculates the sizes of the Sun and Moon, as well as their distances from the Earth in...

Aristarchus of Samos and Sir Thomas Little Heath ...the ancient Copernicus; a history of Greek astronomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise...

astronomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the sizes and distances of the sun and moon : a new Greek text with translation and notes....

of the 360° circle came a little after Aristarchus of Samos composed On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon (ca. 260 BC), since he measured an...

name. Proclus states the following in his Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements: But Neoclides was junior to Leodamas, and his disciple was Leon;...

(1913). Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus: A History of Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus, Together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the Sizes and Distances...

Greek astronomers (e.g., Aristarchus of Samos) speculated that the planets (Earth included) orbited the Sun, but the optics (and the specific mathematics...

Mercurii, VI.598. Van Helden, Albert (1985). Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley. University of Chicago Press. pp. 4–5....