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Is the sun the center of your solar system true or false?

TRUE!!!! All the planets in the Solar system including Earth orbit the Sun, in ellipses. The Sun lies at one of the foci of these ellipses, NOT the centre. So the Sun is NOT at the 'dead' centre of the Solar system.


What is earth moon called?

Most people call it moon but it is really called "Luna"!


How is our sun different from all other stars?

It is the centre of our solar system It has our earth revolving around it.


What is the center of the solar system called?

The Sun is at the center of the Solar System. the SUN is the centre of our solar system.


Is earth a part of the inner solar system?

It appears to us that the Earth is at the centre of the universe and this was believed by most people until about 1700. Copernicus first published a new model with the Sun at the centre in about 1500 and this was taken up by Galileo in about 1600. Galileo had a famous dispute with the catholic church authorities that ended with him having to retract after being put in court and challenged to prove his assertion, which he was unable to do. But after new scientific discoveries by Isaac Newton and others it became more and more clear that having the Sun at the centre provided an easier and simpler model. Finally in the 19th century Bessel discovered that the nearby star 61 Cygni moved slightly forward and back every six months, in time with the Earth's movement around the Sun, and this was the final demonstration of the Earth's orbital motion. The movement was extremely slight because even the near stars are extremely remote, and it it was not until Bessel's time that observational techniques became sufficiently sensitive to detect it. Therefore now it is believed that the Sun is at the centre, not the Earth.

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Why did people think that earth was the centre of the solar system?

Because they were barbaric and beleived earth was special :}


What does it means when you say that the solar system is heliocentric?

It means that the sun (helios in greek) is at the centre. This is what we know to be true, but for many years people thought that the earth may be at the centre of the solar system (a geocentric system), with the sun orbiting the earth.


What words definition is this belief that the earth is the center of the solar system?

Such principle of belief that earth is the centre of the solar system is geocentrism. The model is called a Geocentric model.


The center of the earth is called a vent?

No, the centre of the Earth is called the Earth's core.


Who believed in 340BC that the earth was the centre of your solar system?

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What is the point of an earth quake called?

epi centre


Why did ancient people think that the earth was at the centre of the earth?

Nobody thought that.


The centre of earth is called?

The centre is called the Inner Core and is solid.


Is an asteroid the earth Pluto or the sun the centre of the solar system?

The Sun.


What is the middle of layer of the earth called?

This question is somewhat vague! The middle or centre of the whole Earth is the core. However the middle of the layers from the surface to the centre of the Earth is known as the mantle.


What is the middle layer the earth called?

This question is somewhat vague! The middle or centre of the whole Earth is the core. However the middle of the layers from the surface to the centre of the Earth is known as the mantle.


Is the Sun a feature of Earth?

No. It is a star we call the sun and is the centre of our solar system.