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Copernicus was the first astronomer to develop a heliocentric model of the Solar System. What is the main idea of heliocentrism?

Copernicus was the first astronomer to develop a heliocentric model of the Solar System. What is the main idea of heliocentrism?
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Copernicus was the first astronomer to develop a heliocentric model of the Solar System. What is the main idea of heliocentrism?

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the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center
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