Question

What significant scientific theory did Nicolaus Copernicus propose?

• A. The theory of gravity
• B. The geocentric model of the universe
• C. The heliocentric model of the solar system
• D. The theory of evolution

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The heliocentric model of the solar system

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, which posited that the sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe.