Who attempted to measure the relative distance from the moon and the sun?

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Giselle Taylor

Geography

20 January, 20:55

Who attempted to measure the relative distance from the moon and the sun?

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Hugo · Answer 1

Aristarchus figured out how to measure the distancesto and sizes of the Sun and the Moon. Because he deduced that the Sun was so much bigger than the moon, he concluded that the Earth must therefore revolve around the Sun.