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Aristarchus , in the New Testament, Macedonian companion of Paul.

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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Â© A Dictionary of the Bible 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Aristarchus Accompanied Paul to Jerusalem and thence to Rome (e.g. Acts 19: 29) and possibly at some time a fellow prisoner (Col. 4: 10).

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phase angle The angle, usually termed α, formed by lines joining the centres of the Earth, the Sun, and another solar system object. Aristarchus of Samos (third century BC) measured the Earth–Sun–Moon angle for the first lunar quarter and thus established that the Sun was much more distant than the Moon.

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