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Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer, is the earliest whose name has survived to our time. But the idea did not gain wide acceptance 2300 years ago. It was left to the Polish monk Copernicus to make the same point 1700 years later.

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There are any number of scientists known primarily for studying the solar system. Brahe and Kepler spring to mind, as does B. Gentry Lee.

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