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SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Polish astronomer who prove that the Sun was at the center of our solar system is ____
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Copernicus
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Galileo
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Aryabhata
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Varahamihira
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician known as the father of modern astronomy. He was the first European scientist to propose that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, the heliocentric theory of the solar system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Copernicus’ observations of the heavens were made with the naked eye. He died more than fifty years before Galileo became the first person to study the skies with a telescope. From his observations, Copernicus concluded that every planet, including Earth, revolved around the Sun.
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