CT scans revealed inscriptions naming Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, with references to small spheres, a golden Sun and planetary cycles including retrogrades. The video argues this suggests the missing front carried a miniature geocentric cosmos. Tony Freeth's team proposed a nested-ring reconstruction in 2021, but it remains unconfirmed. 🪐
Video argues for a lost planetary display reconstructed in 2021
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Key facts
- X-ray and CT scanning allowed scholars to read inscriptions on surviving fragments naming Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- The surviving inscriptions refer to small spheres, a golden sphere representing the Sun, and planetary cycles including stationary points and retrograde motion.
- The video argues that this evidence suggests the missing front displayed a miniature geocentric cosmos, with planets moving around a stationary Earth; the inscriptions do not establish that reconstruction by themselves.
- In 2021, Tony Freeth, Alexander Jones, John M. Steele and Yanis Bitsakis proposed a nested-ring reconstruction displaying the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- The reconstruction remains a proposal and cannot be confirmed as a replica because much of the original front section is missing.
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Inscriptions on the Antikythera Mechanism (1)currentepigraphy.org
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Inscriptions on the Antikythera mechanism. (a) FRONT ...researchgate.net
The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, Now split into 82 fragments, Computed Tomography (X-ray CT)
Antikythera mechanismen.wikipedia.org
In 2016, the numbers 462 and 442 were found in computed tomography scans of the inscriptions dealing with Venus and Saturn, respectively.
(PDF) AMRG. The Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanismacademia.edu
AMRG employs advanced imaging techniques like CT scanning for detailed analysis of inscriptions. The dating of the Mechanism remains contentious, with estimates ...
What dialect are the Antikythera Mechanism inscriptions in?latin.stackexchange.com
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