Heraclides of Pontus (c. 388-315 BC)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3689. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Greek philosopher, born in Heraclea, Pontus, Heraclides was taught by PLATO and ARISTOTLE, and the Pythagoreans in Athens. Although his written works are lost, it is said that he considered the planets to be individual worlds. He was the first philosopher to suggest that the rotation of the Earth would account for the apparent rotation of the stars, even distinguishing between the solar day of ...

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