UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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This early astronomer was the first to propose that the sun, and not the Earth, was the center of the universe.
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Aristotle
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Ptolemy
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Galileo
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Copernicus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nicolaus Copernicus proposed his theory that the planets revolved around the sun in the 1500s, when most people believed that Earth was the center of the universe.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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