Hipparchus on the distances of the sun and moon

DOI10.1007/BF00329826MaRDI QIDQ1230768zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors 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)

Cites work

• Hipparchus on the Distance of the Sun
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3247986 (Why is no real title available?)
• Ptolemy's Determination of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic
• The Chord Table of Hipparchus and the Early History of Greek Trigonometry
• The Size of the Lunar Epicycle According to Hipparchus

Cited in

(5)

• Rounding numbers: Ptolemy's calculation of the Earth-Sun distance
• The treatment of observations in early astronomy
• The conceptual design of the Octagon at Thessaloniki
• Martianus Capella's calculation of the size of the Moon
• Hipparchus' selenelion and two pairs of lunar eclipses revisited

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