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Seleucus of Seleucia

Ancient Greek astronomer

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Lived -190–-150, aged 40
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    -190–-150
    Aged 40
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Updated 2026-06-18

Seleucus of Seleucia was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, the capital of the Seleucid Empire, or, alternatively, Seleukia on the Erythraean Sea, he is best known as a proponent of heliocentrism and for his theory of the causes of tides.

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