That was the general belief held in antiquity.
Aristotle
Though many accepted the geocentric model of the universe, it was designed by the famous astronomer Ptolemy.
Nicolaus Copernicus developed and published an astronomical model in 1543 that put the sun at the center of the universe. This model became known as Copernican heliocentrism.
Aristotle did not believe that the Sun was at the center; he thought Earth was. Aristarchus, a Greek astronomer, is probably the earliest person we know of who supported a heliocentric solar system.
the heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is in the center of the universe. the geocentric theory is the theory that the earth is in the center of the universeGeocentric models had the earth as the center of the universe with the sun and all the planets orbiting it. Heliocentric models (the current accepted ones) have the sun as the center, with the earth and planets orbiting it.Geocentric was the idea developed by the Greek philosopher Aristotle of an earth-centered view of the solar system. With Christianity's influence, people had thought that God put Earth in the center of the universe. Heliocentric came later on by Italian astronomer Galileo that the sun was put at the center of the solar system while Earth and all the other planets orbit around it.
Claudius Ptolemy was the ancient Greek astronomer who described a geocentric universe in his book "Almagest." He believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe, with the planets and stars orbiting around it.
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It wasn't a polish astronomer that suggested the earth was not the center of the universe.
Aristotle
Copernicus was a polish astronomer that first formed the theory that the Earth was at the center of the universe.
Though many accepted the geocentric model of the universe, it was designed by the famous astronomer Ptolemy.
The idea that the Earth was the center of the universe was adopted because of the writings of Ptolemy and Aristotle. This was a common belief until the 1700s.
Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus developed and published an astronomical model in 1543 that put the sun at the center of the universe. This model became known as Copernican heliocentrism.
HE was the first astronomer to figure out the earth wasn't the center of the universe the sin was it was the heliocentric theory