Exhibited in Art Among the Stars 2025
Terrestrials of Alhazen
2025
printed images, glitter, construction paper
12 x 12 inches
Terrestrials of Alhazen is a visual meditation on the intersection of mathematics, astronomy, and art. Inspired by the classical geometric construction known as the Lunes of Alhazen, the piece centers on a right triangle bordered by semicircular lunes, a reference to the visual proof developed by the medieval mathematician Ibn Alhazen.
Each arc in the composition represents one of the terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, and Mars—approximately scaled proportionally to their actual diameters. Earth defines the central right triangle, circumscribed by a circle that Venus partially occupies. The combined areas of the lunes representing Mercury and Mars equal those of Earth and Venus, illustrating a cosmic harmony in the geometric relationships within our solar system.
Anton Navazo
Physics Department, Masters Student
Anton Navazo is a graduate student researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a Physics Masters student at the University of Washington. His research focuses on characterizing the region of interest of dark matter interactions within a liquid argon TPC on the CCM collaboration. He is a musician and an amateur astronomer in his free time.
