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Because it was found to be contradicted by observations when analysed in light of the laws of nature as discovered in the late 1600s. The main point is that the Sun was found to be many times more massive than the planets. The force of gravity on each planet acts equally on the Sun and the planet, but because the Sun is so much more massive it tends to stay in the same place.

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