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Heliocentrism

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Heliocentrism holds that the sun, not the earth, sits at the center of the solar system, with the earth and other planets revolving around it. It overturned the long-dominant earth-centered view and helped open the Scientific Revolution.

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1543 1
Proposed By
Nicolaus Copernicus 1
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1. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (Britannica)
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Nicolaus Copernicus (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia BritannicaProposed By: Nicolaus CopernicusView the Source
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