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

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.

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

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 Lord, John