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Who was the first person known to have postulated the theory that the Earth goes round the Sun?

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Who was the first person known to have postulated the theory that the Earth goes round the Sun?

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According to the textbook from which I used to teach an introductory astronomy course, the first person to propose that Earth went around the sun was Pythagoras (circa 500 B.C.) However, he was eventually talked out of this idea.