heliocentric system

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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

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

Then they were observed not as the experiences of individuals but as instances of planetary order in a heliocentric system.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

This gave the traditions of fourteen centuries a severe jolt, and laid the foundation for the development of the heliocentric system of astronomy.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

It has always seemed to me that the real significance of the heliocentric system lies in the greatness of this conception rather than in the fact of the discovery itself.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon