Moon illusion and Ptolemy

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Difference between Moon illusion and Ptolemy

Moon illusion vs. Ptolemy

The Moon illusion is an optical illusion which causes the Moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky. Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.

Similarities between Moon illusion and Ptolemy

Moon illusion and Ptolemy have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Almagest, Book of Optics, Ibn al-Haytham, Moon, Refraction.

Almagest

The Almagest is a 2nd-century Greek-language mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy. One of the most influential scientific texts of all time, its geocentric model was accepted for more than 1200 years from its origin in Hellenistic Alexandria, in the medieval Byzantine and Islamic worlds, and in Western Europe through the Middle Ages and early Renaissance until Copernicus.

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Book of Optics

The Book of Optics (Kitāb al-Manāẓir; Latin: De Aspectibus or Perspectiva; Italian: Deli Aspecti) is a seven-volume treatise on optics and other fields of study composed by the medieval Arab scholar Ibn al-Haytham, known in the West as Alhazen or Alhacen (965– c. 1040 AD).

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Ibn al-Haytham

Hasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized Alhazen; full name أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم) was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Refraction

Refraction is the change in direction of wave propagation due to a change in its transmission medium.

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Moon illusion and Ptolemy Comparison

Moon illusion has 50 relations, while Ptolemy has 162. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 2.36% = 5 / (50 + 162).

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