论文标题
从地中海到环境:关于冠军前天文学的评论
From heliocentrism to epicycles: A commentary on pre-Ptolemaic astronomy
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论文摘要
如果要使用经典的(古老的)几何图形,将在太阳周围的圆形轨道上均匀地移动到陆上观察者的角度,仅使用古典(古代)几何方式将行星均匀地移动到陆上的圆形轨道上,那么一个人自然会导致对环环构建体的研究。在公元前3世纪和第二世纪期间,Aristarchos宣布了萨莫斯(Samos)的宣布萨莫斯(Samos)的以地为中心的假设。后者发展成为希腊化和托勒密天文学的中心工具。在有关天文学历史的目前文献中,地狱性观点的平行崛起和表周期的方法通常被视为纯粹的偶然性。在这里,我解释了为什么我认为这种观点令人信服。
If one wants to translate the heliocentric picture of planets moving uniformly on circular orbits about the sun to the perspective of a terrestrial observer, using classical (ancient) geometric means only, one is naturally led to the investigation of epicyclic constructions. The announcement of the heliocentric hypothesis by Aristarchos of Samos and the invention of the method of epicycles happened during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. The latter developed into the central tool of Hellenistic and Ptolemaic astronomy. In the present literature on the history of astronomy the parallel rise of the heliocentric view and the methods of epicycles is usually considered as a pure contingency. Here I explain why I do not find this view convincing.