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English[en]
Its estimates of the sizes and distances of the heavenly bodies were tabulated in al-Bīrūnī's work on India; according to him, Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq gave the radius of the Earth as 1,050 farsakhs, the diameter of the Moon and Mercury as 5,000 farsakhs (4.8 Earth radii), and the diameter of the other heavenly bodies (Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) as 20,000 farsakhs (19.0 Earth radii.)
Occitan[oc]
Estimèt la talha e distàncias dels còrs celèstes mejans las òbras d'al-Bīrūnī d'Índia; segon el, Yaqub ibn Tariq estimèt lo radi de la Tèrra a 1 050 farsakhs, lo diamètre de la Luna e Marcuri a 5 000 farsakhs (4,8 rais de la Tèrra), e lo diamètre d'autres còrses (Vènus, Solelh, Mart, Jupitèr, a Saturne) a 20 000 farsakhs (19,0 radis de la Tèrra.)