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DescriptionAristarchus working.jpg	English: 10th century CE Greek copy of Aristarchus of Samos's 2nd century BCE calculations of the relative sizes of the Sun, Moon and the Earth.
Date	2^nd century BC date QS:P,-150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 Copy 10^th century AD date QS:P,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source	http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_chaisson_astronomytoday_5/0,9185,1383966-content,00.html Pearson Prentice Hall Companion Website for magazine Astronomy Today. Original source: Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit, manuscript Vat. gr. 204 fol. 116 recto math06 NS.02.
Author	Aristarchus of Samos

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