Aristarchus of Samos (Person) AKA Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος








Aristarchus of Samos
310 BC - 230 BC
AKA Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος
First person known to propose an heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the universe as well as first to deduce the rotation of Earth on its axis
Copernicus himself attributed the heliocentric theory to Aristarchus
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