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List the three most famous scientists of the Hellenistic Age?
Aristarchus found out the planets revolved around the sun, not he sun revolved around Earth.
Did Galileo go to jail?
Yes because he went against the church. The church believed everything revolved around the Earth, but Galileo said everything revolved around the sun.
Invented the idea of the solar system as a sun centered universe?
many people believed that everything revolved around the earth but some believed everything revolved around the sun and now r famous for the unit space for example Corpernicus.
What made scientists change their way of thinking when they thought everything revolved around the sun?
It's the other way round they started off thinking everything revolved round the earth but when they found out the Sun is 330,000 times heavier than the earth it was time to decide that the Sun stays in the centre and everything goes round it which was in the 19th century some time after Newton's laws of motion were generally accepted.
How did Copernicus' view differ from ptolemy's?
Copernicus' view was that the sun was the centre of the solar system. He believed everything revolved around the sun in circular orbits. Ptolmey on the other hand placed a static Earth at the centre with the planets and the sun orbiting the earth.Copernicus thought that the solar system revolved around the sun and not the Earth.
Why did Galileo think plants revolve around the sun?
Galileo thought planets revolved around the sun because when he observed Jupiter, he noticed that its moons revolved around Jupiter and not earth. So everything else led up to that the Earth revolved around the sun.
What did Galileo find?
Galileo found that the earth revolved around the sun and that it wasn't the center of the universe. He invented the telescope.
Who was the Muslim scientist found the earth is rotating to the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus who was not Muslim developed the model of the solar system where the Earth revolved around the Sun
Why did Copernicus get into trouble?
He said the world orbited the sun, people didnt like this because they believed everything revolved around us, earth!
What are some of Copernicus' discoveries and contributions?
he discovered that the earth revolved around the sun (heliocentricity) and at that time everyone believed that the sun/planets revolved around the earth (geocentricity)
Who said earth revolved around sun?
Galileo Galilei.
Why is part of earth dark?
Earth has revolved around the sun.
