Frontispiece from the Blaeu world atlas,published in Amsterdam in 1647,showing a model representing the Earth and stars. The line passing through the Earth shows its axis of rotation. The multi- coloured band,marked with the signs of the zodiac,represents the ecliptic,the path the Sun traces out each year as projected against the fixed stars. The planets also move only in a narrow band centred on the ecliptic,and so appear always in one or other of the constellations of the zodiac | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Charmet, Jean-Loup |
Bildgröße: | 4889 px × 4042 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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