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What do the terms Geocentric and Heliocentric refer to?

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Laws governing the motion of planetary bodies around Earth and Sun

Laws governing the motion of planetary bodies around Earth and Sun is correct.

Geocentric and heliocentric are two models of how planetary bodies move.

The geocentric model, set out by Ptolemy, places the Earth at the centre with the Sun, Moon and planets revolving around it.

The heliocentric model, proposed by Copernicus and later supported by Kepler and Galileo, places the Sun at the centre with the Earth and other planets orbiting it.

So the terms refer to the laws governing the motion of planetary bodies around the Earth and the Sun.

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