Quote: Copernicus believed that Venus goes around the sun even though Venus when far from the earth was nearly the same size as it was when close to the earth

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[Due to irradiation Venus at evening conjunction is less than twice as large as Venus at morning conjunction. The telescope reveals it to be almost 40 times as large.] … [Salviati:] we may see that with reason as … [Copernicus'] … over my amazement that he was constantly willing … times as far from us at one time …   Google-1   Google-2

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