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The heliocentric model of the solar system conceived by Aristarchus lay dormant until the publication of Copernicus' On the Revolution of Heavenly Orbs. The Polish monk went against Church dogma to place the Sun at the center with the Earth merely one of several planets in orbit around it.

 

Scientist Valentines

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Uploaded on February 9, 2011
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