On Sizes and Distances

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On Sizes and Distances

work by Hipparchus

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Hipparchus
Solar and lunar theory
In On Sizes and Distances (now lost), Hipparchus reportedly measured the Moon’s orbit in relation to the size of Earth. He had two methods of doing this. One method used an observation of a solar eclipse that had been total near the Hellespont (now called the…
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In On Sizes and Distances (now lost), Hipparchus reportedly measured the Moon’s orbit in relation to the size of Earth. He had two methods of doing this. One method used an observation of a solar eclipse that had been total near the Hellespont (now called the…
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