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Copernican revolution Uncommon

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

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The paradigm shift, from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens based around the Earth to a heliocentric model, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus and later supported by Galileo Galilei and others.

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