The earth is to the moon in a ratio greater than that which 1259712 has to 79507, but less than that which 216000 has to 6859.

Proposition 18

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

Aristarchus of Samos Quotes

The earth is to the moon in a ratio greater than that which 1259712 has to 79507, but less than that which 216000 has to 6859.

The earth is to the moon in a ratio greater than that which 1259712 has to 79507, but less than that which 216000 has to 6859.

The earth is to the moon in a ratio greater than that which 1259712 has to 79507, but less than that which 216000 has to 6859.

The earth is to the moon in a ratio greater than that which 1259712 has to 79507, but less than that which 216000 has to 6859.