Hipparchus on the distances of the sun and moon

DOI10.1007/BF00329826zbMath0339.01004OpenAlexW2044556170WikidataQ56038116 ScholiaQ56038116MaRDI QIDQ1230768

G. J. Toomer

Publication date: 1974

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00329826

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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Cites Work

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• The Chord Table of Hipparchus and the Early History of Greek Trigonometry
• Hipparchus on the Distance of the Sun
• Ptolemy's Determination of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic
• The Size of the Lunar Epicycle According to Hipparchus

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