What was one effect of copernicus theory of a sun-centered solar system?
Good question. Aristarchus first considered the idea of a heliocentric universe back in ancient Greece. The idea was not popular however with heavyweight phililosophers and academics poised on the geocentric universe sideline such as Aristotle and Plato. The idea of a heliocentric universe, or sun centered universe, was untouched for 1,500 years until Copernicus came along. Interesting enough, the catholic churches stance on the matter was that everything revolved around Earth, to even suggest otherwise would have you being accused of being a heretic. Copernicus himself was a very religious person. He studied cannon law in university and was a devout catholic. When he first envisioned the idea of a heliocentric universe he was very cautious and naive in ever representing the idea formally due to the shock waves it could create in the religious community. As an affect, he never formally published his final theorem, but it did end up being published after he had died. Since he was dead,
