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SURVEY OF THE PLANETS
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Who proposed the theory of Heliocentricity?
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Copernicus
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Galileo
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Newton
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Kepler
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Nicholas Copernicus proposed the ‘Heliocentric model’.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Polish astronomer, Nicholas Copernicus (∼1540), proposed the heliocentric theory. (Actually, Aristarchus (∼250 B.C) had promoted the heliocentric theory but it was not popular in his time.) Copernicus adopted a heliocentric view because it better explained the motions of the heavens mathematically.
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