Title: geocentric and helocentric
1Geocentric modelheliocentric model
2Geocentric model
- In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known
as geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a
description of the cosmos where Earth is at the
orbital center of all celestial bodies.
3Figure of the heavenly bodiesÂ
4Geocentric Model of the Universe
5Two commonly made observations supported the idea
that Earth was the center of the Universe. The
stars, the sun, and planets appear to revolve
around Earth each day, making Earth the center of
that system. The stars were thought to be on
acelestial sphere, with the earth at its center,
that rotated each day, using a line through the
north and south pole as an axis. The stars
closest to the equator appeared to rise and fall
the greatest distance, but each star circled back
to its rising point each day.2Â The second
observation supporting the geocentric model was
that the Earth does not seem to move from the
perspective of an Earth-bound observer, and that
it is solid, stable, and unmoving.
6Did you know ?
- Our ideas about the solar system change as we
find new evidence
7heliocentric model
- The Heliocentric System. In a book called On the
Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies (that was
published as Copernicus lay on his deathbed),
Copernicus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth,
was the center of the Solar System. Such a
model is called a heliocentric system.
8WHAT IS THE HELIOCENTRIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE?
- The Scientific Revolution, which took place in
the 16th and 17th centuries, was a time of
unprecedented learning and discovery. During this
period, the foundations of modern science were
laid, thanks to breakthroughs in the fields of
physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and
astronomy. And when it comes to astronomy, the
most influential scholar was definitely Nicolaus
Copernicus, the man credited with the creation of
the Heliocentric model of the Universe.
9Based on ongoing observations of the motions of
the planets, as well as previous theories from
classical antiquity and the Islamic World,
Copernicus proposed a model of the Universe
where the Earth, the planets and the stars all
revolved around the Sun. In so doing, he resolved
the mathematical problems and inconsistencies
arising out of the classic geocentric model and
laid the foundations for modern astronomy.
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13Modern astronomyradio telescope
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