Planetary system BC by Aristarchus of Samos, but received no support from most other ancient astronomers. "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" by Nicolaus Copernicus, published in 1543, was the first mathematically predictive heliocentric model of a planetary system. 17th-century successors Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton developed an understanding of physics which led to the gradual acceptance of the idea that the Earth moves round the Sun and that the planets are governed by the same physical laws that governed the Earth. In the 16th century the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, an early supporter of the Copernican theory that the Earth and
Journey to the Planets Journey to the Planets Journey to the Planets is game for the Atari 8-bit family. The player takes on the role of an interplanetary adventurer who has to solve various puzzles on the planets on which he lands. The game was originally released on disk and cassette in 1982 by JV Software. In 1983, Roklan Software published a cartridge version with some differences from the original. When starting the game, you find yourself on a strange planet where you can equip yourself with a weapon, refuel your energy, and blast off into space in a spaceship. From here you must