Durring Galileo's time many people belived that the sun and everything revolved around the Earth. This was called Geocentrism, Galileo bellived that the Earth actually revolved around the sun. This is called Heliocentrism. Galileo's belifes in the Heliocentric system caused him many problems with the church. He was placed on trial and was sent to prison for his belife in the Heliocentric idea. His books, along with Copernicus and Kepler's were put on the banned reading list.
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