1. Introduction
The idea that the heliocentric astronomical system described by Nicolaus Copernicus (Heliocentric model) constituted a revolution in astronomy and the cosmological worldview is a topos of historiography that originated in the 18th century. It was founded by historians of astronomy, such as Jean-Sylvain Bailly, and of science, such as Etienne de Montucla, who saw the emergence and t…