Also, like Copernicus, he asserted the physical reality of a heliocentric model as opposed to a geocentric one.
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The heliocentric model of the Universe.
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However, there is no evidence that Copernicus himself considered the heliocentric model as merely mathematically convenient, separate from reality.
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A notable Babylonian astronomer from this time was Seleucus of Seleucia, who was a supporter of the heliocentric model.
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Few Copernicus's heliocentric model.
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Kepler, as well as other Copernican astronomers, tried to persuade Tycho to adopt the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Though the original text has been lost, a reference in Archimedes'book " The Sand Reckoner " describes Aristarchus's heliocentric model.
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:A large part of the answer ( why some people preferred the heliocentric model without scientific reason ) is Hermeticism.
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In the heliocentric model the planets'apparent retrograde motions'occurring at opposition to the Sun are a natural consequence of their heliocentric orbits.
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The clock was remodelled approximately once every century; in 1898 the astrolabe was replaced with a heliocentric model of the solar system.
