For among these, the first and chief consideration is the size of the sphere of the fixed stars, which is immense, and the next is the size of the earth, which is as a point in comparison with the heavens.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
From 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium', Book I, Chapter 6
1543
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