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Both Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei said that the Earth revolved around the Sun. Many from their time believed the Sun revolved around the Earth.
Many scientists believed this. Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to propose this idea however, and many other scientists believed in his theory as well, such as Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and so on.
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and of course Galileo all had hands in challenging the geocentric model and promoting the idea of heliocentrism.
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born 19 years after Copernicus died.
Galileo used more advanced technology to find stronger observational evidence than Copernicus was ever able to provide.
Galileo used more advanced technology to find stronger observational evidence than Copernicus was ever able to provide.
Nicolaus Copernicus found out what happens with the Earth's movements.
Galileo Galilei
Copernicus was in 1543, a polish astronomer named Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus's theory - The sun is at the center of the Universe. Galileo Galilei was in 1609, Galileo became the first person to use a telescope to observe celestial bodies.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 -- 1543) is a famous Polish Astronomer.
Nicolaus Copernicus -> Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuto de' Galilei
Galileo used more advanced technology to find stronger observational evidence than Copernicus was ever able to provide.
Copernicus created the mathematical theory to prove that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of our solar system. Galilei provided the calculations and observations to prove Copernicus' theory.
Galileo used more advanced technology to find stronger observational evidence than Copernicus was ever able to provide.