Aristarchus
Americannoun
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of Samos. late 3rd century b.c., Greek astronomer.
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of Samothrace. c216–144 b.c., Greek philologist and critic.
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an extremely bright crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (47 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
noun
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Because seifertite and stishovite are easily disturbed by thermal metamorphism, they inferred the silica fragment likely originated from the collision that formed the Aristarchus crater.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
At the 2-kilometer-tall Aristarchus plateau, scientists want to study abundant volcanic ash deposits, which were created in explosive, gas-driven eruptions, a rarity on the moon.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2018
Among them was a letter from US Founding Father John Jay to George Washington, dated 1781, and another letter sent to King George III by a spy named Aristarchus.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2015
Aristarchus Plateau is the primary location for these transient events, says Crotts, followed by the craters of Plato, Grimaldi, Kepler, Copernicus and Tycho.
From Forbes ● Apr. 1, 2013
This idea was first argued by Aristarchus, born on Samos three centuries after Pythagoras.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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