Both the geocentric and the heliocentric views of the world were accurate, consistent and simple.

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Finally, Element 112 is now Copernicium (Cn), named for the astronomer who developed the heliocentric model of the universe.

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Copernicus' heliocentric system overthrew what was known as geocentrism the belief that everything in the universe revolved around the earth.

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The heliocentric theory answered these questions and suggested a whole range of useful hypotheses about the rest of the universe.

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Clavius, a Jesuit who taught at the Collegio Romano in Rome, is often remembered as an early skeptic in the great battle over Copernicus and the heliocentric system.

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