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Old February 23rd 07, 11:59 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Ben wrote:
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See: 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri VI':
http://pka.bj.uj.edu.pl/bjmanus/revol/titlpg_e.html

Not only did Copernicus seek to re-order the heavens,
he conspicuously ignored Earth's place at the center
of her caelestial sphere. That was his fatal blunder.



Where is Oriel when you need him?
 




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