The problem was acknowledged by Copernicans such as Martin van den Hove (1605–1639), who also measured the disks of stars and acknowledged that the issue of vast star sizes might lead people to reject the Copernican theory.
哥白尼学说的拥护者如马丁·范登霍夫（Martin van den Hove,1605–1639）也承认了这一问题，他也测量了恒星并承认，巨大的恒星尺寸问题可能会导致人们拒绝接受哥白尼理论。