what is heliocentric theory
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Heliocentrism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center.
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The heliocentric theory, on the other hand, states that the earth revolves around the Sun. The first advocate of a heliocentri
c model was Aristarchus of Samos in ancient Greece. Centuries later, Nicholaus Copernicus developed a geometric model of the heliocentric theory during the Renaissance
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