biography
| name: |
Aristarchus of Samos
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also spelled Aristarchos
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pronunciation:
[aristah(r)kos]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.310–230 BC)
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| biography:
| Alexandrian astronomer who seems to have anticipated Copernicus, maintaining that the Earth moves round the Sun. Only one of his works has survived. |
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