The Sun is the center of the universe, and all the planets revolve around it.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (central tenet of his model)
1543
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"The massive bulk of the Earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens."
Strange & Unusual"For it is the work of a good mathematician to compute the motions of the heavenly bodies, and to predict their positions at any given time."
Strange & Unusual"For, when a ship is floating calmly on a smooth sea, and the mariners are thinking of nothing but the voyage, if a sudden storm should strike it, and the ship should be driven by the wind, it is not t…"
Strange & Unusual"In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who indeed could place this lamp of a better position in this most beautiful temple, than that from which it can at once illuminate all?"
Strange & Unusual"The motion of the celestial bodies is uniform, circular, and perpetual, or composed of circular motions."
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