heliocentric system
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This explained the motion of the planets in the heavens with incredible accuracy; no longer could astronomers object that the heliocentric system was inferior to the geocentric one.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Despite the church’s objections, Kepler’s heliocentric system would prevail eventually, because Kepler was right and Aristotle was wrong.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
But this was no heliocentric system, since the sun moved like the earth, in a circle around the central fire.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
But this was no heliocentric system, since the sun moved, like the earth, in a circle around the central fire.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by John Lord
Although the heliocentric system is not mentioned in the treatise, a quotation in the Arenarius of Archimedes from a work of Aristarchus proves that he anticipated the great discovery of Copernicus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
