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Nicolaus Copernicus was the astronomer to challenge the geocentric model of the solar system.
In a geocentric solar system model, earth is in the center, and all of the planets and then sun orbit around it. Geo= Earth Centric= Center
A geocentric model of the solar system. Which is incorrect.
This would be known as a geocentric model, and it is pretty easy to show why such a model is unlikely.
Such principle of belief that earth is the centre of the solar system is geocentrism. The model is called a Geocentric model.
Nicolaus Copernicus was the astronomer to challenge the geocentric model of the solar system.
In a geocentric solar system model, earth is in the center, and all of the planets and then sun orbit around it. Geo= Earth Centric= Center
The heliocentric model is sun-centered. The geocentric model is earth-centered.
A geocentric model of the solar system. Which is incorrect.
Earth is at the center of the solar system.
This would be known as a geocentric model, and it is pretty easy to show why such a model is unlikely.
It is the geocentric model.
The heliocentric model is the one that replaces the geocentric model because the heliocentric model better described the solar system.
The Geocentric model
Claudius Ptolemy
Geocentric model. This has earth at the centre. We now know this not to be true.
Such principle of belief that earth is the centre of the solar system is geocentrism. The model is called a Geocentric model.