| At this point the geocentric doctrine is being abandoned and the heliocentric takes its place. |
| Aristotle's geocentric astronomy, which attaches the heavenly bodies to a series of concentric spheres, was not his own creation. |
| For most Hellenized people in the first century, the universe is geocentric, all creation centered about the earth. |
| These and other observations were nails in the geocentric coffin, making Copernicus's heliocentric universe an increasingly persuasive concept. |
| In a prolific career, Galileo's discoveries, including phases of Venus and moons orbiting Jupiter dealt a death blow to geocentric theory. |
| He was an orthodox Aristotelian in his view of the cosmos as unique, uncreated, and geocentric. |
