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Actually Copernicus stole the idea from Aristarchus of Samos ( 3rd century B.C.). At the first edition of his work he admitted that, but later decided to remove the admition. So the model should be Aristarchian, but it was not established because it was against physical observations (something thrown upwards falls straight down, so the earth cannot be moving)

2006-12-11 23:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by Dimitrios 2 · 0 0

This would be known as the heliocentric model. The opposite of the heliocentric model is the geocentric model, which has Earth at the center.

2006-12-11 09:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Copernican model ,. suggested the sun as Center, of the Universe

2006-12-11 10:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Hard 2 · 0 0

Heliocentric

2006-12-11 09:39:25 · answer #4 · answered by The Wired 4 · 0 0

Also known as the Copernician Model

2006-12-11 09:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0 0

Copernican, named after Nicolaus Copernicus, churchman of Torun, Poland (15rth Century), who held that the planets orbited the sun in circular orbits. Furthered by Johannes Kepler, (17th Century) who realized that the orbits are elliptical.

2006-12-11 09:44:18 · answer #6 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0 0

we are residing in our photograph voltaic equipment, wherein all our planets revolve around our solar. however the photograph voltaic equipment is barely one in many interior the Milky way galaxy, and we're not even very on the element of the midsection of the galaxy. there won't be a fave midsection element of the universe, yet a theoretical one, a "gravitational singularity," is the place the universe all started and the super Bang is declared to have occured.

2016-10-18 03:12:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

This is usually referred to as a heliocentric system, and there were several versions of this theory througout history.

2006-12-11 09:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by ~XenoFluX 3 · 0 0

Heliocentric, not Geocentric

2006-12-11 09:45:46 · answer #9 · answered by Sirius's Mommy 3 · 0 0

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