Since the Copernican theory of planetary motion is inconsistent with the Ptolemaic account, Galileo's observations of Jupiter's satellites proved the truth of the Copernican theory.

由于哥白尼的行星运动理论与托勒密的解释不一致，伽利略对木星卫星的观察证明了哥白尼理论的正确性。

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In the Copernican model, the stars appear as pinpricks to observers on Earth.

在哥白尼的模型中，在地球上观察到得星体就像是一个点。

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This principle was important in helping to support the Copernican theory.

这一原理对解释哥白尼理论非常重要。

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He'd been imprisoned for his intellectual daring and affirming the Copernican view that the earth orbited around the sun.

因他对哥白尼的地心说的大胆的,认可和支持而被软禁着。

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Whereas we all know that the universe is of a certain kind-- -- we can't even call it Copernican anymore-- poetry has this odd preference for Ptolemaic astronomy.

虽然我们都知道宇宙是怎样的-,现在即使哥白尼的理论也不完全正确了-,但是诗歌偏爱托勒密的宇宙观。

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More important still, there in the sky was a miniature Copernican system, visible to the aided eye.

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The Jesuits were careful not to promote the Copernican system, still controversial in Europe after the condemnation of Galileo.

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