Who discovered solar system?
The early views of the solar system were guided by philosophy and religion more than mathematics. Most of the universe’s structure was pondered upon philosophically through mysticism rather than logical derivation. The Greeks believed that the earth was round, but it wasn’t until Aristotle (560-480 BC) that actual observational evidence was used to proof that the earth was spherical. Natural Philosophers (scientists) of the time began to explore how the solar system was structured and developed models to explain our universe. The idea that the sun is the center of the solar system was not discovered by renaissance astronomers, but rather hypostulated in 300 BC by Aristarchus of Samos. Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer who attempted to measure the relative distances and sizes of the earth, moon, and sun. Although his measurements were not very accurate he did propose that the sun was larger then the earth. This revelation made him consider that the sun was the center of the solar syste
