NATS 1745 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nules, Almagest, Equant
20 May 2016
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Considered the father of science for being the first person to attempt to find explanation for natural phenomena that didn"t involve the gods. Proposed the universe was a harmonious system that obeys knowable, mathematical laws. Mercury and venus rotated around the sun. What measurement in the sky allowed him to estimate the distance of the sun compared to the. A lunar eclipse allowed aristarchus to estimate the size of the moon. The angle between the quarter moon and the sun (in a right angle triangle) allowed him to estimate the distance of the sun compared to the moon (using cosine) He concluded correctly the sun was the largest, followed by earth and the moon. Retrograde motion: east to west: does a planet"s apparent motion appear constant or non-constant in speed, as seen from. Motion is non-constant in speed as seen from earth. The earth is at the centre, composed of earth, water, fire, and wind.
