There are two models that have been prominently used to represent how the solar system is aligned. The geocentric model, created by Aristotle demonstrated that the earth was the center of the solar system, and that everything else revolved around it. However, the heliocentric model, first introduced by Copernicus and later adapted by Galileo, claimed that the sun is the actual center of the solar system and that earth as well as the other planets revolve around it (Aardsma). Religious doctrines sometimes oppose scientific findings and that is the case regarding the Bible and the heliocentric model however, I do not believe that the bible is at odds with the heliocentric model.
The bible is not at odds with the heliocentric model because the