Aristarchus of Samos

Chronicled events

1. about 270 BCE​·​Aristarchus Puts the Sun at the Center
   #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.

   #5790

   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.

   #5791

   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.