ARISTOTLE

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• Philosopher/scientist
• Born in the Macedonian city of Stagira
• He thought Earth was the center of our solar system
• Teacher of Alexander the great

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• Aristotle had a version of the solar system where earth was geocentric
• He belived that if the sun was in the center
• Then the position of the stars would change when they were viewed from earth.
• This shift in the position of an object when viewed from
• Different positions is known as parallax.

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