Aristarchos of Samos (310 BC - 230 BC)

Ancient Greek Astronomer; Heliocentric Theory.

Aristarchos was the first astronomer who proposed the Heliocentric Theory; he evaluated the ratio between the distances from the Earth of the Sun and the Moon was in the range between 18 and 20, while this ratio is really around 400.

variant spelling:
Aristarchos of Samos

Curriculum vitae

* 309 BC - 311 BC	Samos	Born
3. century BC		Aristarchos was the first astronomer who proposed the Heliocentric Theory
3. century BC		Writes the treatise “On the Dimensions and Distances of the Sun and of the Moon”.
3. century BC		Studied in Alexandria with the teacher Straton of Lampsacus.
† 229 BC - 231 BC		Dead

Images

Asteroide 3999 Aristarchus Wiki Pubbl Dom

Aristarchus and Herodotus craters Apollo_15

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=8209004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_8209004.html

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Aristarchos of Samos (310 BC - 230 BC)