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Copernicus discovered that the earth moves around the sun.

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The correct option is A True
Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer and mathematician. He was the first one to discover that the earth revolves around the sun giving birth to the heliocentric model in which the sun is at the centre of the universe.
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