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		ralfd on June 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Weighing Up Galileo's Evidence > Tychonic. Geo-heliocentric. Sun and Moon circle the Earth; everything else circles the Sun. Interesting. Isn’t that (disregarding the Galaxy) functionally the same as a heliocentric system?

mcmoor on June 26, 2024 [–]

That Heraclidean one also seems interesting. At the distance of Uranus or Neptune, it makes little difference whether it actually orbit Sun or Earth

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