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Why did early Europeans support the idea of the geocentric theory?
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Empirical deduction. we don't experience the earth move, but perceive everything else as in motion, therefore we are not in motion. Furthermore, Catholicism necessitates geocentricism, God's most important creatures cannot simply be on a rock like the other rocks we observe in the sky.
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System an early geocentric theory planetary motion?
ptolemaic
The belief of early astronomers that the Earth was the center of the universe is called the?
geocentric theory
How did data gathered using Galileo's early telescope support the helioentric model?
None of it but Galileo's discoveries with the telescope were very important in raising questions about the old Ptolemaic theory, which was geocentric. However Galileo's discovery of Venus's phases was not a proof of the heliocentric principle because Tycho produced a geocentric model that explained Venus's phases.
The belief of early astronomers that the Earth was the center of the universe is called?
This is called the Geocentric model, from the latin prefix "Geo-" for earth or ground. This was dropped by the scientific community at the beginning of the renaissance for the Heliocentric model, which states that the sun is the center of the universe. However, even this has been abandoned. The general consensus now is that the universe has no definite center or, if it does, we can never find it due to the dimensional 'curvature' it has.
What evidences support the early theory that the moon was once apart of the earth?
none.
What is geocentric theory and who came up with it?
The geocentric theory is the theory which led people to believe that the earth was the centre of the universe and that the sun, planets and the starts all revolved around it. This was based on the anthropocentric idea according to which human beings are special creatures and that the universe exists purely for their benefit.The daily journey made by the sun, moon and planets and stars, through the sky suggested to early humans that all these bodies were orbiting the earth. There was no individual who came up with the theory.
Where did the early Europeans settle in the US?
the early europeans settled is the east coast
Analyze the three parts of the cell theory and describe two observations of early scientist that support it?
They have money
What observation about the sun's motion did early astronomers use to supportnthe geo centric theory?
GEOCENTRIC THEORY You already know as a fact that the Earth and all solar system bodies orbit the Sun but for centuries astronomers believed that the Sun and planets orbited the Earth. To us it looks natural.
Who began their voyages in the early 1400s?
The Europeans. =D
What happened to Galileo as a result of his support of the geocentric theory?
Nothing but he abandoned the geocentric theory quite early. Later he got in trouble for proclaiming that the heliocentic theory was the absolute truth, when scientific knowledge at that time did not provide enough evidence for the claim. He was put on trial by the Vatican for heresy and in court he was asked to provide proof of his statements. Previously he had said he had a proof but that the cardinals were too stupid to understand it, but in court he was forced to admit there was no proof and he recanted. However Galileo's important discovery of moons orbiting Jupiter showed that not everything in the Universe revolves round the Earth, and this was a building brick on which eventully more and more evidence was added until in the 18th century after the theory of gravity came along most people believed that the Sun is at the centre. The discovery of stellar parallax in the 19th century put the finishing touch to the heliocentric theory.
Who were the early french settlers?
Europeans
