Hipparchus on the Distance of the Sun

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1969.tb00145.xzbMath0195.00701OpenAlexW2130677845MaRDI QIDQ5590764

N. M. Swerdlow

Publication date: 1969

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1969.tb00145.x

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