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Did copernicuses heliocentric view predict the planets positions?
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Copernicus heliocentric model failed to work as well as it might to predict the positions of planets because Copernicus insisted the orbits were?
He theorized that planetary orbits were circular - in fact, they're elliptical (elongated). He also theorized that the Sun was the center of the Universe, which of course it's not.
What is Heliocentric Vs. geocentric theory?
The Difference is that a heliocentric model says that the sun is in the center but not the exact center and all the other planets and the moon orbit the sun. But a geocentric model states that the earth was in the center and that the sun moon and stars all went around earth. That is the difference.Heliocentric:Also, All the planets revolve around the sun.Stars are very much farther away than the Sun.Any motion of the stars is a result of the Earth's rotation.Any movement of the Sun is due to Earth's rotation and revolution about the sun.The heliocentric model were ellipses NOT circular orbits.Geocentric:Epicycles added to epicycles.Precision timing for Venus and Mercury.Earth placed "off" center.The Earth is located at the center of the universe and all the planets revolve around the Earth.
What is important about Kepler law of planetary motion?
Kepler's three laws are important because they are used to predict the positions of planets years into the future. That is a help to navigators, astronomers and people planning space voyages.
Who could not predict the movements of the planets accurately?
Aristrotle
How are planets made from gas?
Scientists predict that they are planets because there wouldn't be random gas' from unknown places
What planetary model allows scientists to predict the exact positions of planets in night sky over many years?
Either the heliocentric or the geocentric model would allow predictions of thefuture motions of the planets. It was not the inability to predict that sackedthe geocentric model. It was the simplicity of the heliocentric model. Kepler'shypothetical ellipses helped a lot, and Newton's gravitation sealed the deal,when he showed that heliocentric, elliptical planetary orbits, just as Keplerdescribed them, had to spring forth from gravitation.
Who predict that the planets circle around the sun?
Copernicus was the first astronomer to come up with the idea of heliocentric cosmology (planets orbit the sun).
Copernicus heliocentric model failed to work as well as it might to predict the positions of planets because Copernicus insisted the orbits were?
He theorized that planetary orbits were circular - in fact, they're elliptical (elongated). He also theorized that the Sun was the center of the Universe, which of course it's not.
What is the strengths and weaknesses of the geocentric model of the universe?
Its strength was that it could predict the positions of the planets with pretty good accuracy. Its weakness was that by 1600 the techniques of measuring planets' positions had advanced to the point where discrepancies were noticed in the predictions made with the geocentric model.
Is the study of the solar system and the objects in it called astrology?
No, its called Astronomy. Astrology is where fortune tellers try and predict the future through the positions of planets and stars.
How do you you use astrolabe in a sentence?
The scientist used an astrolabe to find the altitude of the sun and stars.
What are geocentric and heliocentric theories?
The two theories differ in what occupies the centre of the solar system. Is it the Earth (the geocentric theory) or the Sun (the heliocentric theory)? We now know the Sun is at the centre because in the 18th century it was found that it is by far the most massive object in the solar system. Also, with the right equipment we can see the positions of the nearest stars change as the Earth moves in its orbit round the Sun. So the heliocentric theory rules. Before that the geocentric theory was used, based on a literal interpretation of The Bible. Ptolemy's theory with the Earth at the centre used a system of circles and epicycles to predict the positions of planets, and it worked quite accurately. The heliocentric theory was proposed by Nicolas Copernicus in the early 1500s. Later Galileo had a famous dispute with the Catholic Church over it. Galileo started by saying he had proofs of the heliocentric theory but the Cardinals were too stupid to understand them. Eventually he was forced to admit there was no proof based on the scientific evidence available at that time. The proof came in the next century after Newton's laws of motion and law of gravity were used in detailed calculations that explained the planets' orbits and allowed the mass of the Sun and planets to be calculated.
What is Heliocentric Vs. geocentric theory?
The Difference is that a heliocentric model says that the sun is in the center but not the exact center and all the other planets and the moon orbit the sun. But a geocentric model states that the earth was in the center and that the sun moon and stars all went around earth. That is the difference.Heliocentric:Also, All the planets revolve around the sun.Stars are very much farther away than the Sun.Any motion of the stars is a result of the Earth's rotation.Any movement of the Sun is due to Earth's rotation and revolution about the sun.The heliocentric model were ellipses NOT circular orbits.Geocentric:Epicycles added to epicycles.Precision timing for Venus and Mercury.Earth placed "off" center.The Earth is located at the center of the universe and all the planets revolve around the Earth.
What is important about Kepler law of planetary motion?
Kepler's three laws are important because they are used to predict the positions of planets years into the future. That is a help to navigators, astronomers and people planning space voyages.
Who could not predict the movements of the planets accurately?
Aristrotle
What is jathakam?
It's a script/document containing ones planetary positions/information to understand, forecast, predict ones future health, wealth, illness, prosperity in alignment with planets/stars. The reason it's in alignment with planets/stars since the galaxies created planets/stars and also the life on earth hence we are stars ourselves.
Why was the antikythera made?
designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses.
