Aristarchus of Samos Quote

The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon.

Proposition 4

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


The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon.

The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon.

The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon.

The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon.