SizesProp02

Illustration of Proposition 2 of the book On Sizes.

This is a Java Applet created using GeoGebra from www.geogebra.org - it looks like you don't have Java installed, please go to www.java.com

Prop. 2 shows that, because the sun is much larger than the moon, the lit side of the moon is greater than a hemisphere.

Blue points can be dragged around with the mouse.


Created with GeoGebraShared by Algomgom
View as Java Applet
View as HTML5 Applet