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Aristarchus of Samos

311 BC - 230 BC

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Aristarchus of Samos (; Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος, Aristarkhos ho Samios; c. 310 – c. 230 BC) was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe, with the Earth revolving around the Sun once a year and rotating about its axis once a day. He was a student of Strato of Lampsacus, who was the third head of the Peripatetic School in Greece. Strato didn't think he was correct, even shown all of the evidence. According to Ptolemy, during Aristarchus' time there, he observed the summer solstice of 280 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristarchus of Samos has received more than 1,377,708 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Aristarchus of Samos is the 9th most popular astronomer, the 41st most popular biography from Greece (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Astronomer.

Aristarchus of Samos is most famous for his heliocentric theory, which states that the Earth revolves around the sun.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Aristarchus of Samos ranks 9 out of 531. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Ptolemy, Giordano Bruno, Tycho Brahe, Anders Celsius, and William Herschel. After him are Edwin Hubble, Ulugh Beg, Hipparchus, Ole Rømer, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and Carl Sagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 311 BC, Aristarchus of Samos ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 230 BC, Aristarchus of Samos ranks 1. After him are Timon of Phlius, Diodotus I, and Agron.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aristarchus of Samos ranks 41 out of 936. Before him are Gorgias (-483), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Solon (-638), Myron (-500), and Polybius (-208). After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Leucippus (-500), Alcibiades (-450), Peisistratos (-600), Draco (-650), and Pindar (-517).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Greece

Among astronomers born in Greece, Aristarchus of Samos ranks 1. After him are Oenopides (-490) and Vicky Kalogera (1975).

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