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Aristotle first thought that the Earth was the center of the solar system. Ptolemy was the second one to think of the theory.
The reason why Ptolemy was able to win the world over to his Geocentric viewpoint was because he was able to algebraically prove geo-centrism through the implementation of epi-cycles. TOn the other hand, Johannes Kepler, after analysing Tycho Brahe's observations, constructed his three laws in 1609 and 1619, based on a heliocentric view where the planets moves in elliptical paths. Using these laws, he was the first astronomer to successfully predict a transit of Venus for the year 1631.I hope my answer has come to your help. Thank you for posting your question here in Brainly. We hope to answer more of your questions and inquiries soon. Have a nice day ahead!
Ptolemy invented the geocentric theory during the second century A.D.
It was Ptolemy, an ancient Greek scientist, who gave his name to the theory.
Johannes Kepler is credited with forming the mathematics of elliptical orbits.
Aristotle first thought that the Earth was the center of the solar system. Ptolemy was the second one to think of the theory.
The reason why Ptolemy was able to win the world over to his Geocentric viewpoint was because he was able to algebraically prove geo-centrism through the implementation of epi-cycles. TOn the other hand, Johannes Kepler, after analysing Tycho Brahe's observations, constructed his three laws in 1609 and 1619, based on a heliocentric view where the planets moves in elliptical paths. Using these laws, he was the first astronomer to successfully predict a transit of Venus for the year 1631.I hope my answer has come to your help. Thank you for posting your question here in Brainly. We hope to answer more of your questions and inquiries soon. Have a nice day ahead!
The discovery did not support Copernicus's theory directly but it raised doubts about the ancient theory of Ptolemy that said that all objects in the sky are in orbit round the Earth. Galileo was an aggressive supporter of Copernicus's theory but eventually it was Kepler's theory that became accepted and is still used today. Both Copernicus and Kepler placed the Sun at the centre but Kepler's elliptical orbits are supported by the later theory of dynamics.
Tycho Brahe's theory improved on the Ptolemaic theory of the planets by explaining the phases of Venus, which the Ptolemaic theory failed to do. Tycho's theory still had the Earth at the centre. Later all the old theories of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho were replaced by Kepler's elliptical orbits in 1609.
because kepler was smart
According to Kepler's Universe theory, the universe was born in 4977 BC.
Kepler's model of 1609 was more accurate than Copernicus' model of 1543 because it provided a more accurate fit to measurements of the planets' positions made by Tycho Brahe at the end of the 1500s. However, both models predicted the planets' positions fairly accurately, as did the ancient theory produced by Claudio Ptolemy (90-168). Kepler's model, which has the planets in elliptical orbits, became accepted as right after it was later demonstrated that the elliptical orbits were the result of the newly discovered law of gravity. Kepler's model is used today.
which is known as needs hierarchy theory
He did think that when he devised his theory, in the time of the Roman Empire, and people believed it for another 1400 years. There were other theories in the 16th century including one by Copernicus who placed the Sun at the centre instead, and then Johannes Kepler produced a new heliocentric theory that was confirmed by later theoretical discoveries of Isaac Newton and others. Now everyone believes the Sun is at the centre of the local Solar System, with the planets in elliptical orbits following Kepler's model. Apart from some tiny modifications from Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, Kepler's theory is in use today all over the world. But Ptolemy's theory was still used for planetariums until computers came along.
Nicolaus Copernicus disagreed with his theory, Copernicus belived that Ptolemy's view was to complicated.
ptolemy formulated the geocentric theory...
Because he wanted to.