Govaert Wendelen1630
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
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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
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