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==Astronomy== * [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] challenges the [[Catholic Church]], saying [[Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernicus]]' [[Heliocentrism|heliocentric]] theory of the [[Solar System]] is correct. On February 24 he is forbidden to speak of Copernicus's theories. [[Tommaso Campanella]] writes ''The Defense of Galileo''. * March 5 β [[Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernicus]]' ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]'' (1543) is forbidden by the [[Congregation of the Index]] for reading "until corrected" (this is done in [[1620 in science|1620]]: nine sentences, in which the heliocentric system is represented as certain, have to be either omitted or changed).
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