What the evidence for a geocentric model?

Answer 1

The geocentric system was the first model of our solar system-dating back to the times of Aristotle and is best know as the Ptolemaic system after the Greek philosopher Ptolemy. This model predicted a earth-centered system hence geocentric and it was the most favorable until about the late 15 hundreds if my memory is serving me well. however some astronomers were not concurring to the geocentric model, in the light of that a guy known as Nicolaus Copernicus devised a secret(this was against the teachings of the church and it was death punishable) heliocentric system with the sun at the center of our solar system and that was later mastered by a lot of fellows like Galileo and Kepler.. Some Facts about this

1) Copernicus was smart enough to only publish lying on his bed of death

2) Galileo was held under house arrest for the last 10 yrs of his life for publicising the heliocentric system The word "helios" in Greek means "sun." Heliocentric means that the sun is at the center. A heliocentric system is one in which the planets revolve around a fixed sun. Thus Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all revolve around the sun.This theory was first proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer. He first published the heliocentric system in his book: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.

Further digging shows

While Nicolaus Copernicus is often credited as being one who pushed heliocentrism to the forefront of modern astronomy it was actually Aristarchus of Samos who argued the idea of a heliocentric model nearly 1800 years earlier!

Answer 2

The geocentric model of the universe stated that the Sun, the Moon, the Planets and all the stars revolved around the Earth. The heliocentric model stated the the Earth and all the Planets revolved around the Sun.

Answer 3

The geocentric theory was the model that the earth is at the center of the universe, and everything (sun, stars,moon,ect.) revolve around it daily. It was disproven about 500 years ago by Copernipus in favor of the heliocentric model which said that the earth went around the sun.

Answer 4

Heliocentric, from the latin "Helios" meaning "Sun" and "centric" from... well, you know that part.

"Geocentric", from the latin "geos" or Earth"-centered, was the way the old Aristotelian model was designed.

Answer 5

The Heliocentric model of the solar system has the sun at the center and the planets orbiting the sun. prior to Copernicus, the geocentric model was dominant with the earth at the center and the sun and planets orbiting the earth.

Answer 6

The geocentric model is a Earth-centered model in which everything orbits around Earth.

However, unlike the geocentric model, the heliocentric model is a sun-centered model in which everything orbits around the sun.

Answer 7

When the geocentric theory was a widespread belief around the world for many centuries, the "facts" were that the Earth was the center of the universe and that everything else orbited around it. The geocentric theory is known as geocentrism, as well as the Ptolemy System.

Answer 8

Heliocentric is a description of a solar system where the sun is at the centre, and the planets revolve around it. this is what we now know to be true. `Helios` is a Greek word for the `sun`, so its a sun centred system.

In a geocentric system, the earth would be at the centre of the solar system, while the sun and other planets would be in orbit around the earth. We now know that this is not true, but the heliocentric system was not widely accepted until the 16th century, largely thanks to the mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Answer 9

Kepler spent his entire adult life trying to figure out

what kind of arrangement would be the simplest and

most accurate explanation for the motions we actually

see in the sky. He tried several of them, and he eventually

determined that the best fit was obtained if the planets,

including the earth, all moved in elliptical orbits around the

sun.

That's heliocentric.

Answer 10

heliocentric = centered on the sun ... planets, moons, asteroids and other heavenly bodies revolve around the sun ... helio pertains to the sun

geocentric = centered on the earth ... the planets, moon, asteroids, sun, stars -- the entire universe! -- revolve around the earth ... geo pertains to the earth

Before the early astronomers discovered that the earth moves around the sun, people believed that everything in the heavens moves around the earth. The belief then was that heaven is above the earth. Of course, they also believed that the earth was flat.