Today, I wanted to talk about the history of the heliocentric model. After all, Copernicus’ most notable accomplishment is probably his proposed heliocentric, or sun-centered, model for the universe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus with planets and orbital diagrams. In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that ...

Before heliocentrism was proposed, Earth was thought to be at the center of the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. The heliocentric theory is the idea that the Sun is at the centre of the solar system and ...