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Galileo proposed the heliocentric theory that the Earth goes around the sun.

Which can be proved by any aware person with a telescope.

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The heliocentric theory proposes that the Sun is at the center of our solar system, and the planets, including Earth, orbit around it. This idea was introduced by Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century and replaced the geocentric model that positioned Earth at the center.

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The theory of cosmology ehich Copernicus proposed is called the what theory?

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