How did the heliocentric theory of the universe differ from the geocentric theory?

Answer 1

The expanse of the Universe was not quite known by science at one time.
The Earth was always understood at the main attraction in the Universe. Hence it was thought as the Center.
The Sun was observed as rotating around the Earth. The idea was not so far fetched because when we look at a fixed star we see it moving. So what they were observing was relative motion. They realized Relativity(relative motion between two bodies.)

Today we observed planets and the Earth as well , orbiting the Sun ;whereas at that time they believed that the Sun was orbiting the Earth. This is the belief of the Heliocenter and geocentric system.
They were both wrong and both right at the same time.
It is true that in the Earth orbits the Sun but it is also true that the Sun orbits the Earth relative to the Barry center which is the pivot of the two rotating masses.
Not only the Sun orbits the Earth but also all the Planets all at the same time relative to a moving barrycenter.

Answer 2

Well, the most noticable difference is what orbits what. In the geocentric theory, the sun orbits the earth. In the heliocentric theory, the earth orbits the sun. This is the most basic explaination. More specific results can be gotten from putting those terms, one at a time. into a search engine.

Answer 3

The Heliocentric Theory states that the Sun is the center of our solar system.

The Geocentric Theory says that the Earth is the center and everything revolves around us (which isn't true, by the way).

Answer 4

It eliminates 1 "impossible" situation and replaces it with yet another "impossible" situation. interior the geocentric case, the earth is table sure and the sunlight moon planets and stars all flow around the earth. Even the ancients knew that replaced into impossible because of the fact the gap of the sunlight and stars replaced into ordinary to be greater beneficial than the moon - that they had no measurable parallax. The heliocentric situation had the sunlight table sure and the earth shifting around it, which contradicted hardship-unfastened experience.

Answer 5

Heliocentric - the sun is the centre of the solar system.
Geocentric - the Earth is the centre of the solar system.

Seems pretty easy to see the differences.

Answer 6

If you look up the definitions of those two words, you'll know the answer immediately, and will be able to put it into your own words. They have completely different meanings.