Aristotle (fourth century B.C.) rejected the idea that Earth moves because he knew stellar parallax motion would result, and he was unable to measure any. About how long after Aristotle was stellar parallax actually measured?

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Stellar parallax was first measured in the 19th century by Friedrich Bessel in 1838, approximately 22 centuries after Aristotle's time in the fourth century B.C.

Aristotle (Fourth Century B