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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Moon, Earth, and Sun diagrammed in Aristarchus's On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
Diagram of (from top to bottom) the Moon, Earth, and Sun in a 1572 edition of Aristarchus...
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