The first scientist to be credited for postulating that Earth circled the Sun was
A)Aristotle.
B)Copernicus.
C)Galileo.
D)Newton.

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Copernicus was the first scientist to propose that Earth circled the Sun, in his book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" published in 1543. Aristotle and Galileo believed in a geocentric model where Earth was at the center of the universe, while Newton made significant contributions to the laws of gravity and motion but did not propose a heliocentric model.

The First Scientist to Be Credited for Postulating That Earth