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

A passage in book viii. contains a very clear statement of the heliocentric system of astronomy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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

The heliocentric system, thus regarding the sun as the central orb, degraded the earth to a very subordinate rank, making her only one of a company of six revolving bodies.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William