Rejection of the heliocentric view was common , as the following passage from Plutarch suggests ( On the Apparent Face in the Orb of the Moon ) : The only other astronomer of antiquity who is known by name and who is known to have supported Aristarchus ' heliocentric model was Seleucus of Seleucia , a Hellenistic astronomer who lived a century after Aristarchus .
Rejection of the heliocentric view was common , as the following passage from Plutarch suggests ( On the apparent face in the orb of the Moon ) : The only other astronomer of antiquity who is known by name and who is known to have supported Aristarchus ' heliocentric model was Seleucus , a Hellenistic astronomer who lived a century after Aristarchus .