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Indian Space Missions and Astronomy
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Which Indian astronomer is known for his contributions to the understanding of planetary motion and the development of the heliocentric model of the solar system?
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Aryabhata
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Aryabhata was an Indian astronomer and mathematician who lived in the 5th century CE. He proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system, in which the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. This model was later refined by Copernicus and Galileo.