Who was the first person to find out that the earth rotates around the sun?

Question

When and where has anyone predicted that the earth rotates around the sun?Who predicted it for the first time?What nation was he from?About what year was he born in?

Answer 1

Nicolaus Copernicus, born in 1473 in Royal Prussia (an autonomous province of the Kingdom of Poland), was the first scientist to formulate the idea of a heliocentric solar system in 1514. He published a book called De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres).

However, like Philo said, the idea itself goes back much further. Copernicus was just the first to do any serious study/though on the matter so he gets the credit as coming up with the idea when, in fact, he simply provided the evidence for it.

Answer 2

Greek philosopher, Aristarchus of Samos (310-230BC), proposed an alternative model in which the Earth and the planets execute uniform circular orbits around the Sun--which is fixed. Moreover, the Moon orbits around the Earth, and the Earth rotates daily about a North-South axis. The order of the planetary orbits is as follows: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn--with Mercury closest to the Sun. This model became known as the heliocentric model of the Solar System.

The heliocentric model was generally rejected by the ancient philosophers for three main reasons:

1) If the Earth is rotating about its axis, and orbiting around the Sun, then the Earth must be in motion. However, we cannot ``feel'' this motion. Nor does this motion give rise to any obvious observational
consequences. Hence, the Earth must be stationary.

2) If the Earth is executing a circular orbit around the Sun then the positions of the stars should be slightly different when the Earth is on opposite sides of the Sun. This effect is known as parallax. Since no stellar parallax is observable (at least, with the naked eye), the Earth must be stationary. In order to appreciate the force of this argument, it is important to realize that ancient astronomers did not suppose the stars to be significantly further away from the Earth than the planets. The celestial sphere was assumed to lie just beyond the orbit of Saturn.

3)The geocentric model is far more philosophically attractive than the heliocentric model, since in the former model the Earth occupies a privileged position in the Universe.

Until the Middle Ages it was generally assumed that the Sun orbited the Earth. In the 16th century, Nicholas Copernicus argued that it was the Earth that travelled around the Sun.

Copernicus's view of the Solar System wasn't accepted for many years until Newton formulated his laws of motion.

Answer 3

Galileo Galilei! Nicolaus Copernicus said that Sun rotates around the Earth. He said the Earth is in the center of our Solar System! But Galileo Galilei was the first who found out...

Answer 4

people believed the earth was the center of the universe and the sun revolved around the earth. This theory is known as the Ptolemaic theory. It is named after the Roman astronomer Ptolemy. The Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Roman Catholic Church also believed the sun revolved around the earth.

Nicolaus Copernicus published a new theory stating the earth revolves around the sun. This is known as the Copernican theory. This theory was considered a serious challenge to the Ptolemaic theory and the Roman Catholic
COPERNICUS WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO PROPOUND THAT EARTH WAS REVOLVING AROUND THE SUN(WATERMELON MODEL0

Answer 5

to assert that the moon has an axis means that it does certainly rotate. If the moon isn't rotating then this is impossible to define an axis. Relative to the solar, the moon does rotate, yet from out perspective right here on the earth it does not. Like many stuff, it incredibly is all a count of your physique of reference.

Answer 6

Above answers approximate the truth.. But, of course, we do not know for sure if some Native American Indian, or any Indigenous folk from any nation (Africa et al), at some point in her or his life thought that perhaps the Earth rotates around the Sun... That we do not know about this potential lady or man doesn't make them less worthy of praise, and certainly this gap in our knowledge doesn't make us look like geniuses, either. (Why assume that all genius must have been recorded?)

Answer 7

Nicolaus Copernicus.

Answer 8

It was Copernicus that predicted it for the first time, although, some scientists argue that the ancient Aztecs or Mayans may have been so sophisticated that they figured that out, although, there is not enough (if not any) evidence to support this.

Answer 9

Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher who was closely associated with the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope, a variety of astronomical observations, and effective support for Copernicanism. According to Stephen Hawking, Galileo has probably contributed more to the creation of the modern natural sciences than anybody else. He has been referred to as the "father of modern astronomy," as the "father of modern physics", and as the "father of science". The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of Aristotle.

Answer 10

We usually give Copernicus the credit, 16th century, but the idea goes back to ancient India, 9th century BC or earlier. See the link.