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Apogee and perigee — lunar-distance context

الأوج والحضيض — سياق لمسافة القمر

Modern near/far illustration only, not Ibn al-Shatir's double epicycle or a manuscript witness.

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Black Earth between far-left apogee and near-right perigee on a dashed path; modern conceptual image, not Ibn al-Shatir's circles or lunar phases.
Pearson Scott Foresman public-domain art; Commons Apogee (PSF).svg, unmodified original. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apogee_(PSF).svg · Licence: PD · Open full image

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  • Commons — Scott Foresman apogee drawing
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islam.museum contributors. “Apogee and perigee — lunar-distance context”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/media/shatir-lunar-distance-context/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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