How did Galileo prove his theory?

Answer 1

Sadly, he didnt, he was a member of the Illuminati, in which various scientists around the world had pilgrimed to rome, in order to join the illuminati, and share their ideas among other scientists. iJoke :)

Sadly, he didnt, he was a member of the Illuminati, in which various scientists around the world had pilgrimed to rome, in order to join the illuminati, and share their ideas among other scientists. iJoke :)

Answer 2

There are two camps regarding the movement of planets. One is using the Geocentric model (the Earth is the center of the Solar System) and the other camp is the use of the Heliocentric model (where the Sun is the center). .

The Babylonians between the years 1830 B.C.E. and 626 B.C.E., somewhat accurately predicted the movement of Venus by using observation. Though they never claimed what was in the center of the Solar System. There is the oldest surviving text called "Venue tablet of Ammisaduqa," which is made of clay, that outlines the movement.

-Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 B.C.E-322 B.C.E) used observations to theorize the Geocentric model, or that the Earth was the center of the Universe.

-Egyptian mathematician Ptolemy (90 A.C.E.-160 A.C.E.) used mathematics to prove Aristotle's assertion that the Earth is the center of the Universe by showing that planets move in epicycles, or small circles, to explain why planets sometimes seem to go backwards.

-Aristarchus of Samos (310 B.C.E-230 B.C.E.) used observation and mathematics to determine the distance to the Sun. He was first to state the heliocentric theory.

-Heraclides Ponticus (390 B.C.E.-310 B.C.E.) was first to propose that the Earth rotates on it's axis once every 24 hours using observation and mathematics. This proves the Earth does move and not stand still as explained in the Geocentric method.

-Hipparchus (c.190 B.C.E.-120 B.C.E.) of Nicea (now Turkey) predicted solar eclipses using a astrolabe that he invented. He also developed Trigonometery He was in the Heliocentric camp.

-Babylonian, later became Greek, astronomer and philosopher Seleicus of Seleucia (190 B.C.E.-150 B.C.E.) used logical reasoning with geometry and trigonometry to explain the Heliocentric theory.

-Then came the big 4 astronomers and mathematicians who supported the Heliocentric model during the Renaissance Period. They were Nicholai Copernicus 1473-1543) who published that sun was in the center of the Solar System. As a result, the Heliocentric model became know as the Copernican Theory. He found his findings through mathematics basically using trigonometry though he stated the orbits were circular which later was incorrect. Next came Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) who became the "Father" of modern observational astronomy, modern physics, and of modern science. He produced the first telescope and was able to observe features on the Moon and first to see Moons orbiting Jupiter. He used mathematics and observation to come to his theory. Next Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) stated the the planets were not in an circular motion but elliptical using trigonometry.

-Lastly, Englishman Sir Isaac Newton (1473-1543), turned science upside down when he invented a new math called calculus to explain motion of everything that moves. He developed a much better telescope. He was also first to explain gravity.

Answer 3

A great Italian astronomer and physicist, renowned for his epoch-making contributions to physics, astronomy, and scientific philosophy. In 1610, he was among the first to use a telescope to study the heavens and with it discovered the four big moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, the mountains of the Moon, and the starry nature of the Milky Way, breakthroughs that he announced the same year in his Siderius Nuncius (Starry Messenger). His defense of the Sun-centered heliocentrismin Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (1632) brought severe censure from the Church and he was forced to recant before, at the age of 69, being sentenced to life imprisonment (commuted to house arrest); he was not formally exonerated by the Catholic Church until 1992. Having heard, in 1609, of the invention of the telescope, but lacking a detailed description, he set about learning the principles of the instrument himself and, within a matter of weeks, had produced his first simple "optik tube," which he immediately directed to the skies. Thus began a new and exciting era of observational astronomy that continues to this day. Galileo made a number of telescopes ranging up to 5 cm in aperture and 170 cm in focal length, and with magnifications from about 8 to 30.

Answer 4

That the solar system was heliocentric not geocentric. in other words that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, not that the rest of the solar system revolves around the earth like what was accepted for fact in his day.

Answer 5

Galileo proved his theory that the Earth orbits the Sun by observing the phases of Venus, which supported the heliocentric model. He also used his observations with a telescope to discover the moons of Jupiter, providing further evidence of objects orbiting other bodies besides Earth. These observations challenged the geocentric model of the universe.

Answer 6

galileo bid reach his goal by making the telescope

Answer 7

People generally believe their own theories. it's probably a definition what constitutes ownership of a theory.

Answer 8

Which one?