Astronomy   View all facts   Glossary   Help

abstraction > belief > outdated belief > spheres

spheres comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
outdated belief	belief
spheres	outdated belief	Concept probably older than the ancient Greeks, in which the Sun, Moon, planets and the stars were thought to orbit the Earth travelling on their own crystalline but - except for that of the stars - transparent spheres.

Next outdated belief: aether    Up: outdated belief    Previous outdated belief: scholastics