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Detailed explanation-1: -Heliocentrism (also known as the Heliocentric model) is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anything that’s heliocentric has a sun at its center. Since our solar system is heliocentric, the Earth revolves around the sun (and not the other way around, as people in the Middle Ages believed).

Detailed explanation-3: -Copernican heliocentrism is the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. This model positioned the Sun at the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular paths, modified by epicycles, and at uniform speeds.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the heliocentric system, the Sun is considered to be the center of the solar system. All of the planets rotate about the Sun. The Moon rotates around the Earth, and thus moves around the Sun with the Earth.