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Our Universe today is MUCH bigger than Copernicus could have imagined. In the first place, their idea was that our galaxy was the universe, and had no idea that many of those stars they wondered about were actually galaxies much like our own, including some vastly larger. The next major advance was the invention of the telescope followed by Galileo's creative studies with that, and that was when they began to realize that ours was not the only planet in the Universe.

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Did Copernicus and Galileo believed that earth was at the center of the universe?

They believed in a heliocentric universe. This meaning that the earth was not the center of the universe, but that the sun was. However, many people , including the church, did not agree with this theory. Instead they believed in a geocentric universe. Plato and Aristotle believed in this theory.


The heliocentric theory was devised by?

The heliocentric theory was devised by Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe. His work laid the foundation for the Copernican Revolution and modern astronomy.


What is Nicolaus Copernicus's theory?

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric theory, which stated that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. This challenged the prevailing geocentric model that placed Earth at the center of the universe. Copernicus's theory laid the foundation for modern astronomy and our understanding of the solar system.


Who reintroduced the idea of a heliocentric universe after Aristarchus?

Answer: -Ptolemy


Which scientists described the universe and what were their theories?

Claudius Ptolemy and Nicolaus Copernicus both described the universe. Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer, wrote a book that combined all knowledge of astronomy that he could find. He expanded ancient theories with careful mathematical calculations in what was called the Ptolemaic Theory. Ptolemy thought the Earth was the center of the Universe and that the sun and other planets revolved around Earth. Although this theory was incorrect as we now know, it predicted motions of the planets better than any other theory at the time did. Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, published a new theory that would eventually revolutionize astronomy. Copernicus thought the Sun was the center of the universe, and all the planets (including Earth) orbit the sun. Although Copernicus correctly thought that the planets orbit the sun, his theory did not replace Ptolemaic theory immediately. When Copernicus's theory was accepted, major changes in science and society called the Copernican revolution took place.

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What scientists performed in the Copernicus universe theory?

Nicolaus Copernicus


What is Copernicus Theory?

Copernicus' theory was that Earth is not the center of the universe and we revolve around the Sun.


What was Copernicus theory?

Copernicus' theory was that Earth is not the center of the universe and we revolve around the Sun.


The Ptolemaic theory of the universe was disaproved by?

Copernicus


When was Copernicus universe theory state?

1543


What is Copernicus' heliocentric theory?

The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.


Who is the person who disagreed with ptolemy's theory of the universe?

Nicolaus Copernicus disagreed with his theory, Copernicus belived that Ptolemy's view was to complicated.


What about nicolaus Copernicus?

Nicholaus Copernicus was one of the first to challenge the theory that the earth was the center of the universe. He made up the Heliocentric theory.


What did copernicus discover about the universe?

He discovered the revolutionary theory about the sun.


What is Copernicus' theory of the universe?

He worked on his theory for years, but it was only published in the year of his death, in 1543.


Who was the Copernicus and what was the heliocentric theory?

He was a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy's view that the earth is the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.


Who was Copernicus and what was the heliocentric theory?

He was a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy's view that the earth is the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.