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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 (-5[1])led him to promote (10[1])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 (10[1])of this idea in (10[1])The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. (10[1])Tycho Brahe’s alternative (10[1])to the Ptolemaic system informed Kepler’s model of this theory. For 10 points, identify this model advanced by Copernicus which replaced geocentrism. ■END■ (10[1])

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Lucas Shedlock (DII)PrincetonUniversity of Delaware B31-5
Steven McPhillimey (DII)LehighNYU B3510
Patrick Torre (DII)MarylandRutgers6810
Ben Rotko (UG)Swarthmore BUniversity of Delaware A7210
Mary Scheidel (UG)FordhamRowan8010
NityaNYU AColumbia B8310
Eli Mendoza (DII)NYU CSwarthmore A10610
Catherine Fiore (DII)University of Delaware BPrinceton11010

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y7100%0%14%79.14