Aristarchus of Samos was unusual among Hellenistic astronomers because:

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Aristarchus of Samos was unusual among Hellenistic astronomers because he believed that the earth revolves around the sun, which was contrary to the prevailing belief that the earth was at the center of the universe. This idea was not widely accepted until many centuries later, and it was not until the work of Copernicus and Galileo in the 16th and 17th centuries that heliocentrism became widely accepted.

Aristarchus of Samos Was Unusual Among Hellenistic Astronomers Because