SOLAR SYSTEM

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: -Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model in his work published in 1543, according to NASA Earth Observatory (opens in new tab).

Detailed explanation-3: -The geocentric model says that the earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe, and the planets, the sun and the moon, and the stars circles around it. The early heliocentric models consider the sun as the center, and the planets revolve around the sun.