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The geocentric theory says the Earth is the center of the universe, everything revolves around it.

The heliocentric theory says the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Milky Way is floating away from the sight of the Big Bang.

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