Seleucus of Seleucia
✓ Source-basedrisingAncient Greek astronomer
ScientistsLived 190 BC to 150 BC · aged 40
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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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Lived 190 BC to 150 BC · aged 40
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