Comment by cscurmudgeon

> It was not until Galileo’s time, however, that scientists really began study it

It is 2022 and yet we see mildly racist falsehoods like this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Siddhanta

  the diameter of the moon as 2,400 miles (actual ~2,160)[6] and the distance between the moon and the earth to be 258,000 miles[6] (now known to vary: 221,500–252,700 miles (356,500–406,700 kilometres).[11] 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata

  Aryabhata also noted that the luminosity of the Moon and other planets is due to reflected sunlight.