Proposition 4. The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon. (Aristarchus of Samos)

Proposition 4. The circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is not perceptibly different from a great circle in the moon.

Aristarchus of Samos

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