In the history of astronomy we usually come up with the name of European astronomers like Kepler and Galileo. Earlier Indian astronomers, for example Aryabhata and Bhaskaracharya, are not usually mentioned although it was them that first proved that Earth moves round the Sun and also identified and named galaxies. Why it is thus?
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3$\begingroup$ This is an interesting question! I noticed that Bhaskaracharya was applying elements of differential calculus to the orbital motion of celestial bodies five centuries before Newton! I am wondering if History of Science and Mathematics stackexchange (hsm.stackexchange.com) might be a better place for this question. It's not that this is completely off topic here, but that the people who would know the answer are probably there. $\endgroup$ – uhoh Aug 11 '17 at 3:39
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1$\begingroup$ See just for example What was the historical context of the development of Taylor series? and Discovery of zero and Why isn't Aryabhata more famous than Pythagoras?. $\endgroup$ – uhoh Aug 11 '17 at 3:53
