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Describe the essential features of the copernican system of planets?
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Copernicus took the Earth from it's traditional position in the centre of the universe and stated that it must orbit the sun like the other planets. This is the basis for our current understanding of the solar system.
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How many planets did you have before the Copernican era?
6
What is copernican concentrism?
Copernican concentrism states that the sun was the center of the Solar System, with the planets revolving around the Sun. Copernicus was an astronomer who lived from 1473-1543.
What is the copernican model?
The model of the Solar System in which the Sun is in the center and the planets (including Earth) orbit it.
What is the main difference between the Ptolemaic system and the Copernican system?
The Ptolemaic system belived that the earth was the center of everything and all the planet and sun traveled around it and the copernican system belived that the sun was the center of everything and the planets and traveled around the sun.
What was the copernican?
The Copernican Hypothesis is the hypothesis that the sun, rather than the earth, was at the centre of the universe. Copernicus theorised that the stars and planets, including the earth, revolved around a fixed sun. He worked on it from 1506-1530, but it wasn't published until the year of his death in 1543.
What lead to Galileo being put on trial?
Galileo expressed his support of the Copernican theory that the Earth and planets revolved around the Sun. But that wasn't exactly a trial.
What planets are describe as the inner terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
Can you describe the surface of the Jovian planets?
The Jovian planets are gas giants and have no surface.
what is the term used to describe the first four planets?
terrestrial
How does the Ptolemaic model differ from the modern day model?
The Ptolemaic model has all of the planets moons and stars moving around the Sun. The modern day Copernican model has all the planets moving around the Sun, with the moons moving around the planets, and the Sun and its "system" moving around the Milky Way.
What are other important features of your solar system?
planets
Describe the origin of the planets?
the planets originated from clouds of dust that spin on a disk shaped plain.
