Contested / Myth (Fact-check)
'Aryabhata proposed a heliocentric solar system'
modern claimClaim on some portalse.g. a government education portalPan-Indian / unspecified
1950Contested-Myth
States that Aryabhata put the Sun at the centre of the solar system.
- Dated
- 1950–2025
- As scholars put it
- modern claim
- Originator
- Claim on some portals
- Source text
- e.g. a government education portal
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Contested / Myth (Fact-check)
- Evidence
- Contested-Myth
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Verified-web
What the evidence says
Common in popular summaries.
Aryabhata proposed that the Earth rotates on its axis, but his planetary model was geocentric.
References
- 1Plofker (2009)
- 2compare Vikaspedia text
Further reading
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