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Galileo Galilei, after his observations of the sun and other planets from his telescope, supported the Copernican theory.

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Galileo Galilei designed telescopes to study the sun, stars and planets. After his observations, he concluded that sun lies at the centre of the solar system and not earth, contrary to the popular belief and hence supported the Copernican theory.

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