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What is the Heliocentric Theory?
A
The idea that helium is the basis for life.
B
All life is renewed by fire.
C
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
D
Atoms combine to make molecules.
Explanation: 

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: -Heliocentric theory is an astronomical model which was proposed by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In this theory, the sun is at the center of the solar system and all the planets and heavenly bodies revolve around it.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Galileo supported the heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of Copernicus. Galileo believed that his new invention, the astronomical telescope, could help him prove that the Sun was the center of our solar system and that Earth was just one of many planets orbiting our star.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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