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Constellation - LoveToKnow Watches (1218 words) |
 | In the 'acvoµeva of Aratus 44 constellations are enumerated, viz. |
| The inter-relations of the Phoenicians with the early Hellenes were frequent and farreaching, and in the Greek presentation of the legends concerning constellations a distinct Phoenician, and in turn Euphratean, element appears. |
| Aratus was no astronomer, while Hipparchus was; and from the fact that the latter adopted, with but trifling exceptions, the constellation system portrayed by Aratus, it may be concluded that the system was already familiar in Greek thought. |
| Galen (crater) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (154 words) |
| Galen is a small lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged region between the Montes Apenninus range to the west and the Montes Haemus in the east. |
| Further to the west is Conon crater, near the flanks of the Montes Apeninnus. |
| This is a circular crater with a bowl-shaped interior and a sharp rim that has not undergone significant erosion. |
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