On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
ancient scientific treatise
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samos
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| gptkbp:contains |
estimates of the relative sizes of the Sun and Moon
calculations based on lunar eclipses estimates of the relative distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth |
| gptkbp:focusesOn |
distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth
sizes of the Sun and Moon |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
earliest known attempt to measure the sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
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| gptkbp:influenced |
later Hellenistic astronomy
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:method |
geometric reasoning
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:astronomy
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| gptkbp:survivesIn |
Greek manuscript
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| gptkbp:writtenBy |
3rd century BCE
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samos
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