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[deleted] t1_j4lolg3 wrote

Reply to comment by artie_pdx in TIL Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd Century BCE was the first to present the model of the Sun as the center of our Solar system and also placed the other known planets in correct order of distance from the sun. He also correctly surmised that stars were other far distant suns. by CapnFancyPants

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AirborneRodent t1_j4n7zq8 wrote

Aristarchus of Samos was not burned at the stake.

You're thinking of Giordano Bruno, who lived 1800 years after Aristarchus. Bruno was burned at the stake, not just because he believed the Earth orbited the Sun, but because he believed that the universe was infinite, with countless other gods, and that Jesus was a malicious con man who deceived humanity into thinking there was only one god.

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