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Did aristarchus say the earth was the center of the universe?
Aristarchus of Samoa showed the first known model that placed the Sun at the centre of the known Universe.
What is the centre in the Ptolemaic model of the universe?
Earth
Why did Nicholas Copernicus go to jail?
he went to jail because he said the earth was not the centre of the universe. However in the bible it says that the earth IS the centre of the universe. He was thrown in jail for saying the bible was wrong.
What did Aristotle believe was in the center of the earth?
I'm not too sure Aristotle even contemplated what was in the centre of the Earth.He may have believed that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe.
What was Copernicus' idea of the motion of the planets?
He believed in Heliocentrism (That the sun was the centre of the universe, not Earth).
Did aristarchus say the earth was the center of the universe?
Aristarchus of Samoa showed the first known model that placed the Sun at the centre of the known Universe.
Where was the earth in Aristotles model of the universe?
According to Aristotle the Universe is a sphere and Earth is at the centre.
What did the Copernicus universe suggest?
Copernicus suggested a heliocentric model of the universe. Meaning, the earth was the centre of the universe and other planets had to orbit around the earth. This model of the universe was against Ptolemy's model of a geocentric model; a stationary Earth at the centre of the universe.
What is the centre in the Ptolemaic model of the universe?
Earth
Why did people think the earth was the centre of the universe?
... because they thought they were the most important in the universe and the only things in the universe so they thought they were in they centre.
What the ptolemaic of the universe had in the center of the universe?
This model of the universe placed the Earth at the center of the universe
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.
Who said the earth is at the centre of the universe and everything else is on fixed spheres around it?
he Earth-centered Universe was proposed by Aristotle and Ptolemy.
Why did Nicholas Copernicus go to jail?
he went to jail because he said the earth was not the centre of the universe. However in the bible it says that the earth IS the centre of the universe. He was thrown in jail for saying the bible was wrong.
What was considered to be the center of the universe back in the old days?
The Earth was considered the centre of the Solar System and the Universe.
What did man believe before Galileo's contributions?
They believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe even after Galileo presented his idea. It was later proven that the sun was the centre of the universe.
What is the fundamental difference between Ptolemy's view of the universe and that of Aristarchus?
Ptolemy placed the earth as stationary at the center of the universe. Aristarchus placed the sun at the center with earth rotating around it.
