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Who first thought earth was the center of the solar system?

=Phytagoras=


What did astronomers think the solar system looked like?

People thought the earth was in the center of the solar system


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 is the difference between a geocentric and heliocentric model of the solar system?

Heliocentric was thought to believe that the sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the Sun. Geocentric was thought to believe that the earth was the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the earth. We now know that our solar system is centered around the sun and is heliocentric.


What is the difference between a geocentric model and heliocentric model of the solar system?

Heliocentric was thought to believe that the sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the Sun. Geocentric was thought to believe that the earth was the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the earth. We now know that our solar system is centered around the sun and is heliocentric.


Aristotles study about the solar system?

he thought the earth was the center of the universe and the sun and the planets orbiting the earth. but he was wrong.


Who originally theorized that earth was the center of the solar system-?

Aristotle was the first the theorize that Earth was the center of the solar system.


How is Copernicus' description of the system of planets different from ptolemys description?

Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the solar system (Otherwise known as the Geocentric theory) and Copernicus's idea was that the sun was at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric theroy).


How is Copernicus description of the system of planets different from Ptolemy description?

Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the solar system (Otherwise known as the Geocentric theory) and Copernicus's idea was that the sun was at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric theroy).


What is a sentence for geocentric?

Geocentric means considering the Earth as the center.


Is the earth in the center of the solar system?

NO


What did Nicolaus Copernicus think your solar system was?

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the solar system and that the planets, including Earth, revolved around the Sun in circular orbits. This heliocentric model challenged the prevailing geocentric view of the time.