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The air might turn with the Earth and carry the clouds and the birds along, so they wouldn’t be left behind.

#5796·Claudius PtolemyHistorical profile, about 150 CE·AI-assisted·Criticism

Every so often, a planet seems to stop, drift backward among the stars for weeks, and then move on. A planet that simply circled the Earth would never do that.

#5793·Claudius PtolemyHistorical profile, about 150 CE·AI-assisted·Criticism

The stars are so far away that, next to their distance, the Earth’s orbit is like a point. Their shift is far too small to see.

#5791·Aristarchus of SamosHistorical profile, about 270 BCE·AI-assisted·Criticism