Apogee and perigee — comparative teaching drawing

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Modern black line drawing: Earth between a far-left and near-right position on a dashed path, two arrows and English labels; conceptual only, not al-Zarqali's drawing or apsidal motion. — Pearson Scott Foresman public-domain art, Apogee (PSF).svg, Wikimedia Commons; Igno2 vector2007, Darklama2008 refinements, later language contributors. Commons ScottForesman public-domain declaration; original SVG unmodified. 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 — comparative teaching drawing”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/media/zarqali-apogee-context/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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