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Description Acceptable. Archimedes used Aristarchus of Samos’s work on this idea for an upper-bound calculation in The Sand Reckoner. Prior to being burned at the stake, Giordano Bruno’s belief in this idea led him to promote pluralism. Ibn al-Shatir may have influenced a proponent of this idea when he eliminated his use of the equants proposed by the Almagest. A stand-in for Pope Urban VIII argues with a proponent of this idea in The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Tycho Brahe’s alternative to the Ptolemaic system informed Kepler’s model of this theory. For 10 points, identify this model advanced by Copernicus which replaced geocentrism. ■END■
ANSWER: heliocentrism [accept answers indicating that the Sun is at the center of the universe or solar system or the Earth revolves around the Sun; accept Copernican model before “Copernicus” is read]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Lucas Shedlock (DII) | Princeton | University of Delaware B | 31 | -5 |
Steven McPhillimey (DII) | Lehigh | NYU B | 35 | 10 |
Patrick Torre (DII) | Maryland | Rutgers | 68 | 10 |
Ben Rotko (UG) | Swarthmore B | University of Delaware A | 72 | 10 |
Mary Scheidel (UG) | Fordham | Rowan | 80 | 10 |
Nitya | NYU A | Columbia B | 83 | 10 |
Eli Mendoza (DII) | NYU C | Swarthmore A | 106 | 10 |
Catherine Fiore (DII) | University of Delaware B | Princeton | 110 | 10 |