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3.1 A ziggurat

3.2 Planetary configurations

3.3 A timeline

3.4 Greek astronomical sites

3.5 The Pythagorean model

3.6 Eudoxus's model

3.7 Aristotle's proofs

3.8 Aristotle's proofs

3.9 An eclipse of the Moon

3.10 Diameter and distance

3.11 Moon at quarter phase

3.12 Earth at quarter Moon

3.13 An objection

3.14 Eratosthenes's method

3.15 Earth's axis precession

3.16 Precession and celestial coordinates

3.17 Ptolemy's model

3.18 Geocentric model

3.19 "Real" Ptolemaic system

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