Galileo claimed the sun did not orbit the earth?

Answer 1

No. He said the Earth revolves around the sun, whereas he got house arrest from this where he wrote a book. The church was very angry: http://24flinching.com/word/gold-seal/crazy-world/what-if-ben-franklin-galileo-and-the-titanic-had-a-facebook-account/ I'm doing a project on it right now.

Answer 2

Galileo was allowed to teach that the Earth goes round the Sun but only as a theory, because to say that the Earth actually is at the centre requires re-interpretation of the scriptures, which Galileo was not sufficiently knowledgeable to do, in the opinion of the Church.

However Galileo persisted in promoting his views and eventually brought out a book describing his ideas, in which the Pope was portrayed as a simpleton. He was put on trial for heresy and eventually recanted. During Galileo's lifetime there was no proof of which theory was right.

But within 100 years of his death, new scientific discoveries were made that forced people to understand that the Earth actually does orbit round the Sun.

Answer 3

At that time the church led people to believe that everything revolved around earth .threw scientific experiments and observations Galileo went agents the church to prove that it was in fact the sun that was the senter and therefor was excommunicated from the catholic church

Answer 4

Yes, Galileo's observations supported the heliocentric model, which states that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun. This challenged the geocentric model, where the Sun was believed to revolve around the Earth. His work contributed to the scientific revolution and the eventual acceptance of heliocentrism.

Answer 5

No, Galileo claimed that the Earth orbited the Sun.

Answer 6

yes