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Most people do, as it is what happens.
Only die hard religious fanatics believe otherwise and the misinformed.
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He was forced to admit publicly that the earth stood motionless at the center of the universe?
Yeah, Galileo Galilei did it and was forced to retract it publicly, otherwise..... But they thought the sun orbited the earth....Galileo stated that the earth orbited the sun....
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from ptolemy's?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from Ptolemy's model?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from ptolemys model?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
What was Copernicus view of the solar system?
he thought the sun was in the center of the solar system, and that all the other planets and Earth orbited around it
What Aristotle's beliefs about the sun?
He believed the sun orbited around the Earth.
How many times does the earth orbit round the sun?
Earth orbited the sun about ...... times a year!
What would happen if the earth orbited the sun exactly the same way as the moon orbited the earth?
allways one half of earth only will get sunlight
What planet is the closest planet to the sun to be orbited by a moon?
The Earth.
What Orbits and is Orbited?
Earth. It orbits the sun and the moon orbits it
How are ptolemy and copernicus' ideas about the universe different from each other?
Ptolemy and Copernicus' ideas about the universe are different from each other in the sense that Ptolemy thought that every celestial object as well as the sun and the moon orbited the Earth whereas Copernicus had the thought that all planets orbited the Sun, while the Moon orbited the Earth.
Where was the sun discovered?
They sun has always been there (or at least since life has been on this rock). It wasn't until 1615, when it was realized (by Galileo Galilei) that Earth was the center of the solar system and actually orbited the sun (it was originally thought that the sun revolved around us).
