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GREEK Aristarchus: 270 BC
Aristarchus of Samos put forward the theory that the
Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours and it
(along with the other planets) revolves around the
sun. This heliocentric (sun-centered) view of the
solar system was rejected by most of his
contemporaries.