The sun has to the earth a ratio greater than that which 6859 has to 27, but less than that which 79507 has to 216.

Proposition 16

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

Aristarchus of Samos Quotes

The sun has to the earth a ratio greater than that which 6859 has to 27, but less than that which 79507 has to 216.

The sun has to the earth a ratio greater than that which 6859 has to 27, but less than that which 79507 has to 216.

The sun has to the earth a ratio greater than that which 6859 has to 27, but less than that which 79507 has to 216.

The sun has to the earth a ratio greater than that which 6859 has to 27, but less than that which 79507 has to 216.