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HELP! What is Copernicus's idea that the sun is in the center of the universe called?

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It positioned the Sun near 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. He called it" The Copernican heliocentrism"

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Hi,
The answer is ‘heliocentric model’ or ‘Heliocentrism’.
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