Aristotle
That was the general belief held in antiquity.
They are called astronomers.
Earth was the center of the universe
People used to think that the earth was the center of the universe.
It was the geocentric model of the solar system or universe that stated that the earth was at the center of all things. It was displaced by the heliocentric model of the solar system, which stated that the sun was the center of the solar system.A link can be found below.
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geocentric theory
That was the general belief held in antiquity.
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.
astronomers
The sun travelling around the earth, the moon doing the same and the stars seemed to do the same as well!!
They are called astronomers.
This model of the universe placed the Earth at the center of the universe
they belive that the earth was flat.
The Qur'an never says that Earth is the center of the universe.
They thought Earth was in the center of the universe, so that everything revolves around them. And when you look at the sun, dosen't it seem as if it is revolving around you?
No--he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.