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Nicolaus Copernicus put forward a heliocentric theory.
The heliocentric theory was first published by Copernicus.
The heliocentric theory was devised by Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe. His work laid the foundation for the Copernican Revolution and modern astronomy.
As proposed by the Heliocentric Theory, the Sun is the center of the Solar System.
They believed in a heliocentric universe. This meaning that the earth was not the center of the universe, but that the sun was. However, many people , including the church, did not agree with this theory. Instead they believed in a geocentric universe. Plato and Aristotle believed in this theory.
the church rejected the theory and tried to punish scientists for promoting it.
the church rejected the theory and tried to punish scientists for promoting it.
the church rejected the theory and tried to punish scientists for promoting it.
copernicus coined the heliocentric theory...
The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.
That the universe was heliocentric, not geocentric. He disproved the fact that everything revolved around the Earth (geocentric). Instead he came up with the heliocentric theory; everything revolves around the sun.
Geocentric theory
Geocentric theory
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Galileo did not propose a heliocentric theory, he agreed with Copernicus and his heliocentric theory. The Catholic church, at the time, disagreed and they held a huge amount of power and put him on trial.
Copernicus discovered the heliocentric theory in 1510 and worked on it for four more years.
He was a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy's view that the earth is the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.