Which guy believed the sun was at the center of the universe..
i forgot his name....
i think it is some greek guy
2006-12-07 10:20:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it's artistole
2006-12-07 10:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Copernicus was one of the first to present a believable heliocentric model of the solar system, along with Galileo and Kepler. However all these models were based on earlier work on helio and geocentric models by Aristotle, Archimedes and Aristarchus. If I had to pick who the first was to express a serious belief in a heliocentric model, it would be Aristarchus.
Addendum: I agree with the latter comments that earlier heliocentric models were found in India. However it wasn't until the rise of the alexandrian school that we had a model that made mathematical sense. And yes, Aristotle formed a GEOcentric (Earth being the center of the universe.) model. I only mentioned him because early geocentric models were extremely important in the study of the mechanics that evetually led to a heliocentric model. I still maintain that Aristarchus was the first to really express a serious belief in the heliocentric model, and Copernicus was the first to revive it and present an working system for the heliocentric model.
2006-12-07 10:26:54 · answer #2 · answered by Pecos 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Greek guy would be Aristarchus, but he was about 600 years after Yajnavalkya, an Indian scholar. Aristotle wrote that the Pythagoreans believed the Earth orbited fire, but he meant fire as one of the four elements, not the sun. The Pythagoreans believed the sun also orbited fire. Aristotle himself believed in a geocentric system.
2006-12-07 10:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by Iridflare 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nicolas Copernicus. ....
i learnt iit iin 9th grade, last year... and ii hav proof iif u dont believe me!! :
Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was the astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system, in his epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres).
2006-12-07 11:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by cherry 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
(YES) Aristarchus (his theory was revived by Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler I think)
(NO) Aristotle thought the center was the Earth...
2006-12-07 10:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by RP 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
is it artistole? i am not sure
2006-12-07 10:29:26 · answer #6 · answered by bell 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋