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300
340 BC Aristotle
Suggested the theory that the earth was in the middle of the solar system and all the planets and the sun orbited it -
300
200 BC Aristarchus of Samos
the first recorded person to have sugested that the earth orbited the sun -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus suggested the theory of the earth and all other planets orbited the sun -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe majorly improved astronomical observation and made a table of refractions, which allowed a major improvement in the knowlodge of planets -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
one of the most well known scientists to day, he argued with the church over the solar system's structure and how the sun was in the middle and he also advanced the technology of the telescope -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler laid the foundation of modern optics and he is well known for his three laws of planetary movement which showed how our planets move around the sun -
Isaac Newton
Newton was the main founder of calculus, optics, physics and suggested that planets had gravity, which told scidentist about tides
