Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Ptolemaist

👉 Ptolemy, a Greek mathematician, is often credited with developing the concept of perigee and apogee in astronomy. He was known for his work on celestial navigation and the development of trigonometry. In his work, he used the concept of "perigee" to define the position of the Earth around the Sun as it orbits the Sun. Perigee is the point at which the Earth's shadow is parallel to the Sun, while apogee marks the

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