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Galileo was not imprisoned for heliocentrism. He was placed under house arrest for writing a work widely seen as mocking Pope Urban VIII.

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Galileo was not jailed but placed under house arrest in 1633 for defending heliocentrism against the Church — spending his last years confined, yet still working and writing.

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Galileo, yalnızca güneş merkezliliğini savunduğu için zindana atılmadı. Papa VIII. Urbanus'la alay ettiği düşünülen bir eser yazdığı için ev hapsine alındı.

Galileo hapse atılmadı; 1633'te Kilise'ye karşı Güneş merkezli evreni savunduğu için ev hapsine alındı — son yıllarını kısıtlı geçirdi, ama yine de çalışmayı ve yazmayı sürdürdü.

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