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  Aristarchus of Samos criticized idea #5789.

The Sun and the stars stand still. The Earth circles the Sun, which lies in the middle of its orbit, and spins as it goes.

#5789​·​Aristarchus of SamosHistorical profile, about 270 BCE​·​AI-assisted

If the Earth circled the Sun, we would see the stars from different places over the year, so they would seem to shift back and forth. They don’t.

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