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Ptolemy placed the earth as stationary at the center of the universe. Aristarchus placed the sun at the center with earth rotating around it.

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What was foundation of Ptolemys geocentric model of the universe?

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Aristarchus held that earth was the center of the universe.?

No--he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.


Aristarchus held that the Earth was the center of the universe?

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Did Aristarchus held that earth was the center of the universe?

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Did aristarchus say the earth was the center of the universe?

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Who was the astronomer from Samos who claimed that the sun was the center of the universe?

The astronomer from Samos who claimed that the sun was the center of the universe was Aristarchus of Samos. He proposed this heliocentric model around the 3rd century BCE, but it was not widely accepted in his time.


Is it false That Aristarchus held that the earth was the center of the universe?

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Which Scientists disaprove Ptolemys geosentric theory of the universe?

Galileo and Copernicus were two of the scientists to disprove Ptolemy's geocentric theory of the universe. The Ptolemaic theory stated that the center was earth.


What significant scientific conclusions did Aristarchus reach?

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Aristarchus of Samos was born in 310 BC and passed away in 230 BC. He was a Greek mathematician as well as a scholar and astronomer. He was the first astronomer to offer a model of the universe with the Sun at the center.


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