Aristarchus Mr Hibbetts Aristarchus Background u Greek Mathematician

Aristarchus Mr. Hibbetts

Aristarchus’ Background u Greek Mathematician, Philosopher, and Astronomer u Lived approximately from 310 to 230 B. C. u Competitor of Aristotle and Archimedes

Aristarchus Accomplishments u Most of Aristarchus’ contemporaries (such as Aristotle) believed in a geocentric universe (Earth centered)

Aristarchus Accomplishments u Aristarchus is the first known person the suggest the Heliocentric model of the solar system (sun centered).

Aristarchus Accomplishments u He helped make the months of the calendar more accurate through mathematical calculation

Aristarchus Accomplishments u He helped measure the distance to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and put them in the proper order.

Legacy of Aristarchus u Aristarchus’ beliefs where unpopular in ancient Greece, the geocentric model remained predominant until Copernicus in the late 1400 s.

Legacy of Aristarchus u Most of what we know about his theories come from his critics like Archimedes u The Aristarchus Crater on the moon is named for him.

Resources u u Chaisson, Eric and Steve Mc. Millan. Astronomy: A Beginner’s Guide to the Universe. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. O’Conner, John and Edmund Robinson. “Aristarchus of Samos”. The Mac. Tutor History of Mathematics archive. 2008. University of Saint Anderews Scotland. August 2008. http: //www-groups. dcs. stand. ac. uk/~history/Mathematicians/Arista rchus. html