2006-11-01 04:06:35 · 4 answers · asked by AmY 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
matahari is right, it was Aristarchus of Samos. But his ideas were not accepted and his writings were lost. We only know about him from the writings of Ptolemy, who did not believe in heliocentrism himself. The idea was later reinvented by Copernicus, whose writings were preserved and his ideas eventually accepted.
2006-11-01 04:11:20 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heliocentrism is the belief that the sun is the center of the universe and that all other celestial bodies (the earth, the other planets and the stars) rotate around it and not around the earth as was commonly believed before the heliocentric theory was proposed and defended by Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler.
2006-11-01 12:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Aristarchus or Copernicus gets credit.
But this is only a theory (really), just like evolution, so how do you know it won't be disproved some day?
Huh, huh??! Tell me that!
Sorry, been over in the religion & spiritualism section too long.
2006-11-01 12:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aristarchus of Samos
2006-11-01 12:08:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋