Why Don’t We Feel the Earth Move?

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

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Nicolaus CopernicusHistorical profile·​#5799·​1543·​Criticism·​System-generated

Superseded by #5798.

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