It is not the earth that is the center of the universe, but the sun.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
This is a paraphrase of his core idea, not a direct quote. Copernicus did not explicitly state it this way in 'De Revolutionibus'. He proposed a heliocentric model.
1543
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