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Who first said that the planets revolved around the sun was?
It was nicoholas capernicum ___________________________ The earliest known person to write that the Earth moved around the Sun was the Greek astronomer and mathematician, Aristarchus of Samos.
Copermican theory what is it?
The Copernican theory states that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, contrary to the previously held belief that everything revolved around the Earth. This theory revolutionized our understanding of the solar system and laid the foundation for modern astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, proposed this idea in the 16th century.
Who first put forth the theory of how the planets revolved around the Earth?
In ancient Greece, the astronomer Ptolemy proposed the geocentric model, which stated that the planets revolved around the Earth. This model was widely accepted for centuries until it was ultimately replaced by Nicolaus Copernicus' heliocentric model, which placed the Sun at the center of the solar system.
Which assuptions do ptolemy and Copernicus disagree upon?
Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the universe, so that the stars, the other planets and the sun revolved around the earth; Copernicus realized that for the orbits of the planets to make sense, the earth and the other planets had to revolve around the sun.
What is the difference between a geocentric model and heliocentric model of the solar system?
Heliocentric was thought to believe that the sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the Sun. Geocentric was thought to believe that the earth was the center of the solar system and that the planets revolved around the earth. We now know that our solar system is centered around the sun and is heliocentric.
Who realised the planets rotate the sun?
The first to realize that the Earth revolved around the Sun was Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer, about 2400 years ago.
How did Eudoxus think the planets moved?
Eudoxus thought that the planets revolved around the Earth not the Sun.
What are some of Nicolaus Copernicus' accomplishments?
Nicolaus Copernicus was a real astronomer who was able to figure out that the earth, as well as all the planets, revolved around the sun and that the Earth rotates on its axis once every day*.Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who discovered that the Sun is the center of the universe (Heliocentric Theory) and the planets and stars revolved around it. This discovery shattered the Geocentric Theory, the thought that the Earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around it.Bcause he knew his findings would be rejected, and he might face exicution, he did not publish his book On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies until 1543, the year he died.*Johannes Kepler discovered this
What are some of Copernicus' discoveries and contributions?
he discovered that the earth revolved around the sun (heliocentricity) and at that time everyone believed that the sun/planets revolved around the earth (geocentricity)
Who said that earth and all of the planets revolved around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
How did people views of earths as a planet change during the renaissance?
Before the Renaissance, people believed the planets and the sun revolved around the Earth. During the Renaissance, Copernicus discovered and that the Earth and the planets revolved around the sun.
List the three most famous scientists of the Hellenistic Age?
Aristarchus found out the planets revolved around the sun, not he sun revolved around Earth.
Who first said that the planets revolved around the sun was?
It was nicoholas capernicum ___________________________ The earliest known person to write that the Earth moved around the Sun was the Greek astronomer and mathematician, Aristarchus of Samos.
Why did Copernicus think that stars are farther from earth than the planets are?
He knew that the planets revolved around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
Astronomy who was the first man to find by means of pythagorean theorem the relative distances of the sun and moonfrom the earth and the first to assert that the earth and the planets revolved arou?
The Greek geometer and astronomer ARISTARCHUS
Which astronomer said tht earth and planets revolve around the sun?
Copernicus
Copermican theory what is it?
The Copernican theory states that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, contrary to the previously held belief that everything revolved around the Earth. This theory revolutionized our understanding of the solar system and laid the foundation for modern astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, proposed this idea in the 16th century.
