What thinker from the scientific revolution first proposed a heliocentric theory that earth revolves around the sun?

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What thinker from the scientific revolution first proposed a heliocentric theory that earth revolves around the sun?
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Italian polymath Galileo Galilei espoused the view of heliocentricism in the early 17th century, contrary to the geocentrism which was commonly accepted at the time.
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Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus

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