Astronomy & Space Science · History of Astronomy
A topic within History of Astronomy, itself one of 8 topics in that field and part of Astronomy & Space Science.
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Aristotle
Argues the cosmos is a finite set of concentric spheres turning about a stationary earth, with the heavens made of an unchanging fifth element distinct from the four terrestrial ones.
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Recovers and translates Aristarchus's geometric argument for the relative sizes and distances of the sun and moon, arguing his lost heliocentric hypothesis anticipated Copernicus by eighteen centuries.
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