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If this is from Florida Focus, and in general terms, Modern astronomers would suggest the Sun is not the exact center of the Solar System, but would agree that the Sun is not revolving around Earth.

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What contributions to modern astronomy were made by Chinese and Islamic astronomers during the Dark Ages of medieval Europe?

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What are Venus astronomers?

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How did Galileos contributions affect people?

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Was modern astronomy begun by astronomers?

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What society created a calendar in which the solar year was just 17 seconds shorter than the figure reached by modern astronomers?

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