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Nicholas Copernicus is believed to be the first to propose the heliocentric model of the solar system, as it is called. However, the real proof was observed by Galileo Galilei. Using the telescope he greatly improved, he observed that Venus goes through all of the phases, just like the moon. If Venus and the sun were orbiting Earth, that would be impossible.

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