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Three facets of the Antikythera Mechanism's physical model in the box and a view of the model without the box.

The text describes how the Antikythera Mechanism simulates the movements of the system Moon-Earth-Sun (i.e. the elliptical orbit of the Moon around the Earth)

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Basiakoulis Alexandros, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Tourtas Alexandros, Doctor, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Scientific…

The text describes the structure of geared computers and accordingly that of the Antikythera Mechanism.

Το κείμενο περιγράφει την ανώμαλη τροχιά της Σελήνης γύρω από τη Γη και τις φάσεις της.

The three largest fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism as they have been recovered from the sea by sponge divers in the early 20th century.
The largest fragment is the fragment A. 27 gears were detected inside that fragment.

Dr. Marianna Efstathiou, member of the academic team of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which investigates the Antikythera Mechanism, describes the modus operandi of the Mechanism.
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