What did people believe about the movement about earth years ago?

Answer 1

That the moon causes the ebb and flow of the earth's ocean tides has long been known. However, the French magazine Terre Sauvage reports that scientists from CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) now affirm that the moon has a similar effect on the earth's land surfaces. By means of a probe placed in a pool of brine in a sealed cave 3,300 feet [1,000 m] beneath the earth's surface, researchers were able to detect a rise and fall of the cave's contents every 12 hours. This movement, caused by the minute expansion and contraction of the cave's walls, corresponds to the moon's rotation around the earth and proves that the moon is indeed the source of what Terre Sauvage calls the "surprising subterranean respiration."

Answer 2

Centuries ago, many people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the sun, stars, and planets revolved around it. This geocentric model was dominant in ancient times, with figures like Ptolemy proposing elaborate systems to explain celestial movements. It wasn't until the heliocentric model proposed by Copernicus and later supported by Galileo that the understanding of Earth's movement around the sun began to change.