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It was Nicolas Copernicus in 1543 is the person you are searching for. This idea of Heliocentric model was not his. The original idea was put forth by Aristarchus of Samoa (island off Turkey) around 200 B.C.E. Aristotle shot down that theory, but that's another story.

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