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Discovery of AU

Netherlands · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1630Date range
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Chronological records

1630

Govaert Wendelen1630

Science / Astronomy

Measured the distance between the Earth and the Sun using the method of Aristarchus of Samos, the value he calculated was 60% of the true value 243 times the distance to the Moon; the true value is about 384 times

Names involved

Govaert Wendelen

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