Who was executed for believing that Earth revolves around the sun?

a. Galileo Galilei

b. Max Planck

c. Giordano Bruno

d. Nicolaus Copernicus

According to research, none of these men were executed for believing that Earth revolves around the sun. Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to believe in the heliocentric view of the current solar system, but he was not killed for that view, but he died of natural means. Galileo Galilei was punished because of the heliocentric view but was only put under house arrest, and not killed. Giordano Bruno was indeed burned at stake, but it was not for his view on heliocentrism.