Aristarchus of Samos

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Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.

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Samos birthplaceOf Aristarchus of Samos
Classical Greece hasNotableScientist Aristarchus of Samos
this entity surface form: Aristarchus of Samos (late Classical / early Hellenistic)
Nicolaus Copernicus influencedBy Aristarchus of Samos