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How did Copernicus up-end the ancient Greek model of the heavens? A) He suggested that their was life on other planets. B) He suggested that the Earth was round and not flat. C) He suggested that the Earth was at the center of the solar system and that the planets orbited around it. D) He suggested that the sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets
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D) He suggested that the sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets orbited around it.Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model, which placed the Sun at the center of the solar system, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it. This was a significant departure from the ancient Greek geocentric model, which held that Earth was at the center of the universe and all celestial bodies orbited around it.