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English: 10th century CE Greek copy of Aristarchus of Samos's 2nd century BCE calculations of the relative sizes of the Sun, Moon and the Earth. |
| Date | 2nd century BC Copy 10th century AD |
| Source | http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_chaisson_astronomytoday_5/0,9185,1383966-content,00.html Pearson Prentice Hall Companion Website for magazine Astronomy Today. Original source: Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit, manuscript Vat. gr. 204 fol. 116 recto math06 NS.02. |
| Author | Aristarchus of Samos |
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| current | 07:24, 19 June 2006 | | 508 × 338 (41 KB) | wikimediacommons>Konstable~commonswiki | 10th century CE Greek copy of Aristachus Samos's 2nd century BCE calculations of the relative sizes of the Sun, Moon and the Earth. |
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