Friday, September 18, 2009

Copernicus and the Trail of Galileo

There are two theories about the Solar System. They are the geocentric and heliocentric. The heliocentric theory is said that the sun is stationary and that the planets revolve around it. On the other hand, the geocentric theory was believed b the catholic church which said that the Earth was the center of the universe and the planets and the sun revolved around it because they thought the earth was special. The geocentric theory came first because the church made the followers of the Church believe in the theory. The heliocentric theory came out of the Scientific Revolution ans was the cause Galileo was sent to trail. The heliocentric theory is the correct theory because The sun is stationary and the planets revolve around it.

The trail of Galileo was a famous trail in the Scientific Revolution time period. This trail was in 1633 because Galileo was opposing the Geocentric theory so the Church send him to trail and Galileo was sentenced to House arrest. Galileo believed that the sun was the center of the universe and that the planets revolved around it , which is the heliocentric theory and the Church believed in the geocentric theory which was that the sun was the center of the universe and the other planets revolved around it.

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