Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Sun Stand Thou Still


Today is Nicholas Copernicus' 540th birthday. Let us also remember Aristarchos of Samos who also proposed a sun-centered system based on his observations of the parallax effect.
Illustrations via [http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/retrograde/copernican.html] which is a nice explanation.


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