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Noun: Aristarchus of Samos
  1. An ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC)

Type of: astronomer, stargazer, uranologist

Encyclopedia: Aristarchus of Samos

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