25,161
edits
Changes
no edit summary
=Etymology=
The name of the engine has its origin in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greek] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer astronomer] and [[Mathematician]] [[Mathematician#Aristarch|Aristarchus of Samos]] (310 BCE - ca. 230 BCE)<ref>[https://zipproth.com/chess/further-reading/#_the_name_aristarch The name "Aristarch"]</ref>, who presented the first known model of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism Heliocentrism] that placed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun Sun] at the center of the known [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe universe] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth Earth] revolving around it.
He calculated the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Sizes_and_Distances_%28Aristarchus%29 sizes of the Sun and Moon], as well as their distances from the Earth in terms of Earth's radius.
