This explains the input of several astronomers into this theory. Copernicus: In 1418-30, he did his work on 'On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres' In this book, he suggested that Earth rotated daily on its axis and that it orbits the Sun every year. He also said that other planets also rotated around the Sun, and that the Earth wobbled slightly as it span on its orbit. His theory, did not disagree completely with the older ideas; he still said that there were solid planet bearing spheres and that the outermost sphere contained the stars. He also explained that the Earth was not at the centre of the Universe. This caused uproar in the Catholic Church, because it disagreed with the God's Perfect Creation theory. Galileo: Galileo first studied the moon. He discovered that the moon was not smooth, but heavily cratered. He went on to discover, four satellites (moons) orbiting Jupiter. After this, he then discovered Saturn's rings, but he did not know what they were. These discoveries, made it very difficult to defend the perfect universe theory, with perfect smooth bodies of all the objects. He then noticed that Venus went through phases like the moon (ie: full, half, new etc.). This proved that Venus could not be orbiting the Earth, but had to be orbiting the Sun. After Copernicus' and Galileo's theories, the Inquisition of Rome was formed saying that after looking into the theories, they were absurd. They said that they were heretical. Eventually, Galileo was charged by the Inquisition, and was put under house arrest. Kepler: In 1592, Kepler became an apprentice to Brahe, a man who owned the largest collection of astronomical instruments in the world. When Brahe died, Kepler inherited them all. He immediately sent Galileo a message of encouragement, and then looked at a calculation that Galileo had sent him. Using Brahe's charts, Kepler was able to show that planets had elliptical orbits, and that this usually was the case. However, he soon died in poverty, as Protestant beliefs disagreed with his findings.
It took several decades for the heliocentric theory to be widely accepted after it was introduced by Copernicus in the 16th century. Initially, there was resistance from both the scientific community and religious authorities, but over time, accumulating evidence and observations supporting the heliocentric model led to its eventual acceptance.
They started seeing Venus through the telescope
Ptolemy thought that the Earth was the center of solar system and most people believed this theory. But Copernicus thought that the Sun was the center of solar system and most people didn't believed this theory. Who was right? Copernicus was right because later Galileo prove that if the Earth was at the center then he couldn't see the phases of Venus. Sentences for heliocentric. Galileo proved that the Copernicus's theory which was heliocentric was right.
"Cause Monte is sooooo awesome!!!" Nice answer much. I think, whoever made this question, has my astronomy teacher... Just a hunch though...
It depends, because some might say 'scientists'. But not all scientists believe in this theory. Also, there are those who believe in a similar idea to the Big Bang, but it is not refered to as 'The Big Band Theory.'
He is worth knowing about because he revived the Heliocentric modelSome say that he reveled the Heliocentric model but he didn'tBut he was the first person to try to push people to to believe in the Heliocentric model
No, not the vast majority, there are a little more people who don't believe.
The majority of people in Virginia are Christian.
It took several decades for the heliocentric theory to be widely accepted after it was introduced by Copernicus in the 16th century. Initially, there was resistance from both the scientific community and religious authorities, but over time, accumulating evidence and observations supporting the heliocentric model led to its eventual acceptance.
Some do, but as of 2013, the majority don't.
The majority of the population was Jewish.
It means that something is not as most people believe. It's different than what the majority believe it to be.
The majority of people in countries regarded as Christian or Islamic believe in God. It is said that up to seventy per cent of Jews living in Israel are secular, so it may be that the majority of people in Israel do not believe in God. In Western countries, the proportion of people who do not believe in God is growing rapidly but is generally less than half the population.
The majority of people believe that he is gay.
The pays de la Loire is a region in France, and the majority of people in France do believe in God.
Most of the Swiss people believe in God. The majority are Christians, and ALL of the Pope's 'Swiss Guards' are obviously from that country.
Most of South America - that includes Ecuador - have a Christian majority.