Aristarchus of Samos Quote

The distance of the sun from the earth is greater than eighteen times, but less than twenty times, the distance of the moon from the earth.

Proposition 7

On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon (c. 250 BC)


The distance of the sun from the earth is greater than eighteen times, but less than twenty times, the distance of the moon from the earth.

The distance of the sun from the earth is greater than eighteen times, but less than twenty times, the distance of the moon from the earth.

The distance of the sun from the earth is greater than eighteen times, but less than twenty times, the distance of the moon from the earth.

The distance of the sun from the earth is greater than eighteen times, but less than twenty times, the distance of the moon from the earth.