Aristarchus or Aristarch (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος; 310 BC – ca. 230 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born on the island of Samos, in Greece. He was the first person to present an explicit argument for a heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center of the known universe. He was influenced by the Pythagorean Philolaus of Kroton, but, in contrast to Philolaus, he had both identified the central fire with the Sun, as well as putting other planets in correct order from the Sun. His astronomical ideas were rejected in favor of the geocentric theories of Aristotle and Ptolemy until they were successfully revived nearly 1800 years later by Copernicus and extensively developed and built upon by Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton.
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| - Aristarchus or Aristarch (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος; 310 BC – ca. 230 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born on the island of Samos, in Greece. He was the first person to present an explicit argument for a heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center of the known universe. He was influenced by the Pythagorean Philolaus of Kroton, but, in contrast to Philolaus, he had both identified the central fire with the Sun, as well as putting other planets in correct order from the Sun. His astronomical ideas were rejected in favor of the geocentric theories of Aristotle and Ptolemy until they were successfully revived nearly 1800 years later by Copernicus and extensively developed and built upon by Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton.
- Aristarchus of Samos was an Astronomer and Mathematician. Aristarchus the first Philosopher or Scientist known to Historians who taught that the Earth orbits the Sun yearly. Aristarchus or Aristarchos was an Ancient Greek who lived roughly at the time 325 - 255 BCE. The modern Greeks named a telescope after Aristarchos.
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| - Aristarchus or Aristarch (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος; 310 BC – ca. 230 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born on the island of Samos, in Greece. He was the first person to present an explicit argument for a heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center of the known universe. He was influenced by the Pythagorean Philolaus of Kroton, but, in contrast to Philolaus, he had both identified the central fire with the Sun, as well as putting other planets in correct order from the Sun. His astronomical ideas were rejected in favor of the geocentric theories of Aristotle and Ptolemy until they were successfully revived nearly 1800 years later by Copernicus and extensively developed and built upon by Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton. The crater Aristarchus on the Moon is named in his honor
- Aristarchus of Samos was an Astronomer and Mathematician. Aristarchus the first Philosopher or Scientist known to Historians who taught that the Earth orbits the Sun yearly. Aristarchus or Aristarchos was an Ancient Greek who lived roughly at the time 325 - 255 BCE. Aristarchus also taught that the Earth rotates on its axis daily. Other philosophers before Aristarchus suggested that the earth moves but Aristarchus was the first to work out a proper Heliocentric theory. Aristarchus taught that the sun and the fixed Stars remain unmoved while the Planets move. which was remarkably progressive for his time. The modern Greeks named a telescope after Aristarchos.
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