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Ptolemy
Aristarchus of Samos.
The idea that the Earth was the center of the universe was adopted because of the writings of Ptolemy and Aristotle. This was a common belief until the 1700s.
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at its center.
There are a LOT of accomplishments, for example he discovered the 5 biggest moons for Jupiter. Also he found out Earth is NOT the center of the universe. Hope this helped!
It wasn't a polish astronomer that suggested the earth was not the center of the universe.
Ptolemy
Ptolemy
was the center of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus, in 1543 , proposed his version of the heliocentric (Sun-centered) organization of the universe.(from De revolutionibus orbium coelestium)Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events andthe harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts,as they say, 'with both eyes open'.
Nicolus Copernicus
Ptolemy
Aristarchus of Samos.
That was the general belief held in antiquity.
Copernicus was a polish astronomer that first formed the theory that the Earth was at the center of the universe.
Though many accepted the geocentric model of the universe, it was designed by the famous astronomer Ptolemy.
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