'''Aristarchus''' of Samos (310-230 BC) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[astronomy|astronomer]] who realized that the [[sun]] was larger than the [[earth]]. He was reported by [[Archimedes]] to have taught that the earth orbited a motionless sun<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>, and that the sun is at the center of the [[universe]].
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== See also ==
*[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/34377/Aristarchus-of-Samos Encyclopedia Britannica entry]
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