The controversial book of this famous person,published in 1543 (the year of his death),suggested that Earth and other planets orbit the Sun.
A)Tycho Brahe
B)Copernicus
C)Kepler
D)Galileo
E)Ptolemy

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The person who published the controversial book in 1543 suggesting that Earth and other planets orbit the Sun was Nicolaus Copernicus. This book, called "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium", marked the beginning of modern astronomy and challenged the traditional geocentric model proposed by Ptolemy, which had been widely accepted for centuries.

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