Dee D. Flint wrote:
"Radio Amateur KC2HMZ" wrote in message
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On 14 Jul 2003 07:33:28 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT)
wrote:
[snip] Lemme try again: At one point in history, humanity's most
learned scholars had it proven to their satisfaction that the Earth
was the center of the universe. That is, until Copernicus came along.
73 DE John, KC2HMZ
Copernicus still thought the earth was the center of the universe and he
came up with an elaborate mathematical system to explain the apparent motion
of the planets in the sky including the "retrograde" motion.
It was Galileo who showed that the earth was not the center when he spotted
the moons of Jupiter and determined that they orbited that body and not the
Earth.
And paid dearly for it! Amazing it was only a few years ago the church
admitted error...
- Mike KB3EIA -