Psellos gave a student (?) a lesson on the physics of shooting stars
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1060
Summary:
He explained shooting stars to a student (?): just as rain etc. come from lower exhalations from the earth that fall heavy and moist, so drier and more fiery vapours, being lighter, rise higher and fall obliquely as shooting stars
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain)
student (?) of Michael Psellos (
Anonymus 2528
)
He received a lesson from
Michael 61
on shooting stars: just as rain etc. comes from lower exhalations from the earth that fall heavy and moist, so drier and more fiery vapours rise higher and fall obliquely as shooting stars, being lighter (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 197, 222.24-223.18
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He explained shooting stars to
Anonymus 2528
: just as rain etc. comes from lower exhalations from the earth that fall heavy and moist, so drier and more fiery vapours rise higher and fall obliquely as shooting stars, being lighter (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 197, 222.24-223.18
He explained shooting stars to
Anonymus 2528
Psellos Letters (K - D) 197, 222.24-223.18