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Which scientists challenged the geocentric view of the universe and in turn was condemned to house arrest for the rest of his life?
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If you believe that the universe is geocentric?
The universe is not geocentric - it has no center. Only Luna is geocentric.
Which Scientists disaprove Ptolemys geosentric theory of the universe?
Galileo and Copernicus were two of the scientists to disprove Ptolemy's geocentric theory of the universe. The Ptolemaic theory stated that the center was earth.
How the geocentric model of the universe stated that?
The geocentric modelof the universe stated that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
What were the long-held beliefs of the Catholic Church that scientists challenged?
That the Earth was the center of the Universe.
What did Copernicus give to the understanding of astronomy?
Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the geocentric theory and presented the heliocentric theory. The heliocentric system placed the sun at the center of the universe.
The geocentric model of the universe stated that?
Earth was the center of the universe
Who had a geocentric view of the universe?
Ptolemy
Which astronomers contributed to the edestruction of the geocentric view of the universe a iSlmamlhdiI?
Islamic astronomers contributed to the edestruction of the geocentric view of the universe a iSlmamlhdiI.
Why did some people oppose the heliocentric theory of the universe?
Most of these people were religious, and because the scriptures supposedly said that the Earth was in the center of the universe (geocentric), they had to stand firm with their beliefs. Only scientists and astronomers believed in the heliocentric theory, and some of them would be excommunicated or almost executed if they weren't geocentric.
What two men challenged the idea of the earth centered the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and of course Galileo all had hands in challenging the geocentric model and promoting the idea of heliocentrism.
Did Aristotle believe in geocentric or heliocentric?
Aristotle believed in a geocentric model, where the Earth is at the center of the universe, with celestial bodies revolving around it.
Which astronomwers contributed to the destruction of the geocentric view of the universe?
Christoph Scheiner, and Johannes Kepler, were the astronomers who contributed to the destruction of the geocentric view of the universe.
