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The geocentric theory, which placed Earth at the center of the universe, faced challenges from the wanderers (planets) because their movements did not align with the geocentric model. Observations of the planets' irregular paths in the sky led to the eventual development of the heliocentric model, where the Sun, not Earth, is at the center of the solar system.

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