Galileo proved the superiority of the heliocentric theory over the geocentric theory, but given our knowledge of the universe today, there was still a major flaw in the heliocentric theory of Galileo. What was that flaw?

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Galileo proved the superiority of the heliocentric theory over the geocentric theory . Heliocentric theory changed the centre of universe from the earth to the sun . According to this theory , the solar system or the universe revolves around the sun .

But the present knowledge of universe considers sun as one of billions of stars present in the universe , with each star behaving as sun with its  own solar system . The universe is made of cluster of stars with each cluster having their  own centre around with they revolve . These clusters are called galaxy . Sun is a part of cluster called milky way . Sun along with other star of this galaxy revolves around the centre of its galaxy which is a super massive star .

Hence the old heliocentric theory does not fit into the present framework of universe by the scientist.

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