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Describe the model of the solar system proposed by Galileo and Copernicus.

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A model of the solar system. In this model, the Sun sits at the center of the solar system. The Moon rotates around the Earth, but like the other planets, the Earth rotates around the Sun. ... Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun.
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Galileo and Copernicus each proposed a heliocentric, or Sun-centered, a model of the solar system. In this model, the Sun sits at the center of the solar system. The Moon rotates around the Earth, but like the other planets, the Earth rotates around the Sun Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun.

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