Rounding numbers: Ptolemy's calculation of the Earth-Sun distance

DOI10.1007/s00407-008-0038-6zbMath1166.01006OpenAlexW2015235916MaRDI QIDQ1018495

Christián C. Carman

Publication date: 20 May 2009

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-008-0038-6

zbMATH Keywords

Earth-Sun distance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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• Hipparchus on the distances of the sun and moon
• A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy
• A Re-analysis of the Eclipse Observations in Ptolemy's Almagest
• Hipparchus on the Distance of the Sun
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