[DOC] [TLE] Version 2.0, 2007 [PAR] Aristarchus (310-230 BCE) computed the distance of the Earth to the Moon as 
about ... Aristarchus proposed the heliocentric model more than 1700 years 
before Copernicus! (Copernicus credits Aristarchus for this in his own, more 
famous work.) .... This theory becomes important in the ninth rung of the ladder (
see below) in... [DOC] [TLE] Spherical Earth - Wikipedia [PAR] The earliest reliably documented mention of the spherical Earth concept dates 
from around the .... the Earth is spherical (and actually orbits the Sun, influenced 
by the heliocentric theory of Aristarchus of Samos). ..... Still, combined with 
trigonometric evidence of the form used by Eratosthenes 1,700 years prior, the 
Magellan... [DOC] [TLE] The cosmic distance ladder - UCLA Department of Mathematics [PAR] Sep 27, 2006 ... at the poles. .... Because of this Aristarchus proposed the heliocentric model more 
than 1700 years before Copernicus! (Copernicus credits. Aristarchus for this in 
his own, more famous work.)  Ironically ... theory of gravity. 18... [DOC] [TLE] Nicolaus Copernicus - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 16, 2013 ... A modern view is that he was an ethnically German Pole. ... Seated statue of 
Copernicus by Bertel Thorvaldsen before the Polish Academy of Sciences in 
Warsaw ... Wrocaw (Breslau), Silesia, which he resigned from a few years before 
his death. ... Much has been written about earlier heliocentric theories. [DOC] [TLE] Aristarchus of Samos' Heliocentric model of the universe, 1,700 ... [PAR] Aristarchus of Samos' Heliocentric model of the universe, 1700 years before ... 3 
theories for the shape of the universe: (a) positive curvature, (b) negative... [DOC] [TLE] Astronomy Timeline - Windows to the Universe [PAR] May 6, 2008 ... Sometime between 13 and 20 billion years ago, The center of the ... ~280 B.C., 
Samos (Alexandria), Aristarchus suggests the Earth ... 140 A.D., Greece, Ptolemy 
suggests geocentric theory of the universe in famous work ... 1543 A.D., Poland, 
Copernicus publishes his heliocentric theory of the Universe. [DOC] [TLE] Global Earth History | Plane Not A Planet [PAR] 200 BC; Greek Aristarchus of Samos placed Earth and other planets in ... of 
Aristarchus (310-230 BC) who was said to be the first to propose a ... For 
example, the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 are not leap years, but the year ... The 
Inquisition made Galileo kneel before them and confess that the heliocentric 
theory was false. [DOC] [TLE] The Origin of the Seasons [PAR] In fact, at the North and South poles, there are six months each year when the .... 
(besides being a famous---at least to us old timers---album by Pink Floyd). .... The 
first recorded fully heliocentric view of the universe is due to Aristarchus of ... 
More than 1700 years would pass before the heliocentric theory would again be
... [DOC] [TLE] The History of Astrometry [PAR] Sep 17, 2012 ... the middle years of the twentieth century in which accuracy ..... his thinking: he 
lived before the invention of the telescope, and his ... that the [heliocentric] theory 
was attributed to Aristarchus, though this does not seem to be generally known. 
Copernicus proposed that the Earth, far from being fixed in space,... [DOC] [TLE] Aristarchos Unbound: Ancient Vision - DIO, The International ... [PAR] Mar 12, 2008 ... In the era B.D. (Before DIO) this would instead surely have read: .... figure ever 
modernly proposed for the precise height of the Pharos ..... lunar theory in the 
Alexandria that elevated Eratosthenes to top ..... The famous Aristarchos 
Experiment based .... spins, Almajest 1.7 doesn't mention heliocentrism.). [DOC] [TLE] `Great Debate' Lesson Plan for Undergraduates [PAR] Scientific theories are subjected to rigorous tests to determine which are right and 
... Historical indications that straw pole would have favored Curtis; Scientifically 
close .... who suggested otherwise, the most famous of which is Aristarchus of 
Samos, .... that these were stellar systems like Kant had proposed 70 years 
before. [DOC] [TLE] Read More - Cycle

Question: Aristarchos proposed a heliocentric theory about 1,700 years before this famous Pole
Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus