Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 42
espresent themselves to careful observers on this seem-ingly stationary earth; and in the youth of the worldthese apparent movements were believed to be real.The ancients thought that the sky was actuallyrevolving round a steadfast earth, while the sun andmoon and certain other wandering stars had… … CAPRlC Fig. 5. Diagram illustrating Synodic and Sidereal Periods. The arrows show the direction of the Moons monthly and the Suns yearly revolutionsin the zodiac, as seen from Earth. When the Moon is opposite the Sun, for instance in Libra while he is in Aries, she isfull. In 27J days she returns…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy
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