Which of the following was NOT included in Copernicus' heliocentric model?
A)The planets of the solar system revolve around the Sun.
B)The stars are much farther away than the Sun.
C)Apparent retrograde motion is not the actual motion of the other planets.
D)The orbits of the planets are ellipses.
E)The Earth is not the center of everything.

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Copernicus' original model had circular orbits, not elliptical ones as Johannes Kepler later found to be more accurate. Copernicus' heliocentric model included the fact that planets revolve around the Sun (A), that the stars are much farther away than the Sun (B), that apparent retrograde motion is not the actual motion of the other planets (C), and that the Earth is not the center of everything (E). However, Copernicus believed that the orbits of the planets were perfect circles, not ellipses. This was later corrected by Kepler's laws of planetary motion.

Which of the Following Was NOT Included in Copernicus' Heliocentric