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He did not actually go to jail, but his activities were severely restricted by the Roman Church, which then had real power in government and law.

The Catholic Church didn't like his conclusions about the theories of Copernicus. This was mainly based on early texts quoted in The Bible that stated that the Earth was immovable. Galileo was convicted of heresy in 1633 and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

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Galileo promoted the Copernican system with the Sun at the centre. The Vatican said it was OK to promote it as a way of modelling the movements of the planets, but he could not say it was the absolute truth unless there was proof. He continued saying it was the absolute truth and depicted the Pope as an idiot in one of his books, so was put on trial, and when the crunch came he was asked for proof of what he was saying, but he had no proof and he recanted. Proof did not come for another 200 years when the concept of kinetic energy had been invented in the 1800s. The story of the Catholic Church suppressing truth was convenient at the time to Protestant propagandists.

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What did the church order Galileo to abandon the Copernican idea of the nature of the universe?

It happened after Galileo published a book supporting the heliocentric theory that portrayed the Pope as a simpleton. The official view still supported the scriptural teaching that the Earth was at the centre. The church was unwilling to change its ideas until there was good evidence, which science did not have until the 18th century, so Galileo was taken to court, the lack of evidence was exposed and he recanted. The heliocentric theory, with the Sun at the centre, was eventually accepted when the evidence for it was discovered, which happened well after Galileo's lifetime.


Who was convicted for Hersey because he believed in sun centered universe?

Galileo


How did the motions of the planets lead to your modern view of a sun centered solar system?

The motions of the planets, particularly those observed by astronomers like Copernicus and Galileo, revealed that the apparent retrograde motion of planets could be more simply explained by a heliocentric model rather than an Earth-centered one. Copernicus proposed that the Sun, rather than the Earth, was at the center of the solar system, which accounted for the observed movements more elegantly. Galileo's use of the telescope provided crucial evidence, such as the phases of Venus and the moons of Jupiter, supporting this model. Together, these observations shifted the scientific consensus toward a sun-centered solar system, fundamentally changing our understanding of celestial mechanics.


What did Galileo see when he observed Venus through his telescope?

Galileo observed phases of Venus, which were only possible if Venus orbited the Sun and not Earth, supporting the heliocentric model of the solar system proposed by Copernicus. This observation was a key piece of evidence in favor of the heliocentric theory.


Why did the inquistintion put Galileo on trial?

galileo was put on trail becuase he published a book supporting that the planets orbit the sun

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Who was convicted of heresy for supporting the sun centered view of the solar system?

Galileo Galilei


What were the consequences of Galileo for supporting ideas of Copernicus?

Galileo suffered a trail and house arrest.


What is Geocentricism?

Meaning Earth Centered Universe. Refer to Galileo.


Who centered modern astronomy?

Galileo was definitely a huge part of it.


What was one of the nails in the coffin for the earth centered universe?

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Why was galileo arrested and punished for publishing his theory about the earth and the sun?

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What were the consequences to Galileo for supporting the idea of Copernicus?

Galileo suffered a trail and house arrest.


What did the church order Galileo to abandon the Copernican idea of the nature of the universe?

It happened after Galileo published a book supporting the heliocentric theory that portrayed the Pope as a simpleton. The official view still supported the scriptural teaching that the Earth was at the centre. The church was unwilling to change its ideas until there was good evidence, which science did not have until the 18th century, so Galileo was taken to court, the lack of evidence was exposed and he recanted. The heliocentric theory, with the Sun at the centre, was eventually accepted when the evidence for it was discovered, which happened well after Galileo's lifetime.


Who was convicted for Hersey because he believed in sun centered universe?

Galileo


How did the motions of the planets lead to your modern view of a sun centered solar system?

The motions of the planets, particularly those observed by astronomers like Copernicus and Galileo, revealed that the apparent retrograde motion of planets could be more simply explained by a heliocentric model rather than an Earth-centered one. Copernicus proposed that the Sun, rather than the Earth, was at the center of the solar system, which accounted for the observed movements more elegantly. Galileo's use of the telescope provided crucial evidence, such as the phases of Venus and the moons of Jupiter, supporting this model. Together, these observations shifted the scientific consensus toward a sun-centered solar system, fundamentally changing our understanding of celestial mechanics.


What two men challenged the idea of the earth centered the universe?

Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei challenged the idea of the Earth-centered universe with the heliocentric model, which placed the Sun at the center of the solar system. Copernicus introduced this concept in the 16th century, while Galileo's observations through a telescope provided evidence for the heliocentric model in the 17th century.


What did Galileo see when he observed Venus through his telescope?

Galileo observed phases of Venus, which were only possible if Venus orbited the Sun and not Earth, supporting the heliocentric model of the solar system proposed by Copernicus. This observation was a key piece of evidence in favor of the heliocentric theory.