Geocentric and Heliocentric Lesson
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Contrice Dodson
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Geocentric and Heliocentric Lesson
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Aristotle
He thought Earth was the center of the universe and that the Sun, Moon, planets, and all the fixed stars revolved around it. Aristotle's ideas were widely accepted by the Greeks of his time.
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Copernicus
Copernican system, in astronomy, model of the solar system centered on the Sun, with Earth and other planets moving around it, formulated by Nicolaus Copernicus, and published in 1543. It correctly described the Sun as having a central position relative to Earth and other planets.
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Galileo
Using his telescope, Galileo made many observations of our Solar System. He came to believe that the idea that the Sun and other planets orbited around the Earth was not correct. Galileo felt that an astronomer named Copernicus had a better idea. Copernicus believed the Earth and other planets moved around the Sun.
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Heliocentric Model
The Heliocentric Model is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Universe.
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How was the Heliocentric model proven?
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus detailed his radical theory of the Universe in which the Earth, along with the other planets, rotated around the Sun. ... Galileo discovered evidence to support Copernicus' heliocentric theory when he observed four moons in orbit around Jupiter.
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