heliocentrism
The Arab astronomer Al-Battani (Albatenius) disproved the Ptolemaic dogma of geocentrism long before Copernicus published his famous treatise.
Some still proclaim geocentrism today as a "definite teaching of the Bible".
The idea that the Earth is the centre of God’s attention is not the same as advancing arguments for physical geocentrism.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The Earth & outer space - general words
ablate
alluvium
anti-gravity
atmosphere
atmospherically
auroral
geo-
geocentric
horizon
hydrosphere
infinite
lithosphere
lithospheric
macrocosm
mesosphere
mesospheric
microgravity
the Big Bang
underground
zero gravity