USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -heliocentrism, a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point (e.g., of the solar system or of the universe) while the Earth and other bodies revolve around it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heliocentrism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar system.-The word “helios” in Greek means “sun.”-Heliocentric means that the sun is at the center .-A heliocentric system is one in which the planets revolve around a fixed sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model in his work published in 1543, according to NASA Earth Observatory (opens in new tab). While the theory of the sun being central was correct, the model in its entirety held many inaccuracies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it.

Detailed explanation-5: -The heliocentric theory argues that the sun is the central body of the solar system and perhaps of the universe. Everything else (planets and their satellites, asteroids, comets, etc.) revolves around it. The first evidence of the theory is found in the writings of ancient Greek philosopher-scientists.