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How did Galileo help prove that Copernicus' theory about the solar system was right?
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∙ 10y ago
He didn't know it, he just brought out a new theory that showed that with the Sun at the centre the planets' paths could be explained more simply.
That was in 1543 and Kepler produced another heliocentric theory in 1609 which had the planets moving in elliptical orbits round the Sun.
The only thing in favour of Kepler's theory at the time was that it explained the planets' positions more accurately than previous theories. But 80-90 years later Newton's discoveries in gravity and the laws of motion were used to prove by theory that the planets must move in elliptical orbits.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 10y agoGalileo Galilei noted that, if Venus orbited our Sun, it would display phases just like our Moon; but if it orbited our Earth, it wouldn't. Galileo used his telescope to prove that Venus did have phases, thus ruling out a pure geocentric solar system.
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What is a sentence for heliocentric?
Ptolemy thought that the Earth was the center of solar system and most people believed this theory. But Copernicus thought that the Sun was the center of solar system and most people didn't believed this theory. Who was right? Copernicus was right because later Galileo prove that if the Earth was at the center then he couldn't see the phases of Venus. Sentences for heliocentric. Galileo proved that the Copernicus's theory which was heliocentric was right.
What invention used by Galileo helped prove Copernicus theory that the earth revolves around the sun?
The astronomical telescope.
Who proved the planets move around the sun?
It was Copernicus who produced a detailed theory showing planets orbiting the Sun.However he didn't prove his theory.The proof came later through the work of Kepler, Galileo, and Newton.I would say that Galileo's work was the first evidence that could be called "proof".
Why did the church view the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo as a threat?
During the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, astronomers Copernicus and Galileo discovered controversial information about the universe. Copernicus proposed a heliocentric theory that suggested the sun was the center of the universe which Galileo supported with more evidence. Copernicus's work "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" and Galileo's "Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World" were both declared unbiblical by the church. Both Copernicus and Galileo were thought of as going against the official position of the church and the church didn't like this because they didn't want people to doubt them. This also upset the church because they believed the sun was created for the earth to provide light and the fact that the earth spins on its axis and orbits the sun would prove the bible is inaccurate. When Galileo was ordered to recant his works, he agreed but as he walked away mumbled "And yet it does move".
How did Copernicus prove that the earth wasn't in the middle of the universe?
Galileo did not prove that Earth was not flat (It had already been agreed that it was round). Galileo invented the telescope and used it to prove that there were objects which did not orbit the Earth, supporting Copernicus' Heliocentric model for the universe. The Earth was known to be round by the ancient Greeks, but I do not who it found out initially (sorry).
Did Nicolas Copernicus use a telescope to prove his theory?
Nicolas Copernicus did not use a telescope, the use of the telescope to study the solar system was not done until over 50 years later by Galileo.
What is a sentence for heliocentric?
Ptolemy thought that the Earth was the center of solar system and most people believed this theory. But Copernicus thought that the Sun was the center of solar system and most people didn't believed this theory. Who was right? Copernicus was right because later Galileo prove that if the Earth was at the center then he couldn't see the phases of Venus. Sentences for heliocentric. Galileo proved that the Copernicus's theory which was heliocentric was right.
How were the contributions of nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo galilei to the scientific to the scientific revolution different?
Copernicus created the mathematical theory to prove that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of our solar system. Galilei provided the calculations and observations to prove Copernicus' theory.
What invention used by Galileo helped prove Copernicus theory that the earth revolves around the sun?
The astronomical telescope.
Why did newton prove Galileo's theory?
Newton explained his theory
What scientist said the earth moves around the sun?
Copernicus is the first in modern times, but he may have been basing his theory on the work of an earlier Greek Natural Philosopher. Galileo used a telescope and mathematics to prove Copernicus' hypothesis.
Compare the theory of Galilei to Copernicus what observation you meet?
Galelei derived his theory from Copernicus. To Copernicus it was just a theory. Galilei managed to prove it when he invented the telescope and was able to see the moons orbiting Jupiter.
What coperniesn ideas did Kepler prove?
The only part of Copernicus's theory that Kepler retained was the idea that the Sun is at the centre of the Solar System.
Why were people before Copernicus unable to find out what he found out when people coming after him could prove his ideas were correct?
because before Copernicus there was not much technology and later on in time there was more discoveries of existence of technology. which means people were able to prove his ideas. <3 <<>> Copernicus had a theory of the way the planets move around that had some advantages over the older Ptolemaic system which had the Earth at the centre. Copernicus had the Sun at the centre, which caused problems with the church when Galileo took the theory up and promoted it as the truth. Tycho Brahe also produced a system with the Earth at the centre. Tycho's system removed some of the faults in the Ptolemaic theory, specifically the full range of Venus's phases. Finally, the theory that lasted until modern times was that of Johannes Kepler (1609). He used the new idea of elliptical orbits, and also followed Copernicus in placing the Sun at the centre. Kepler's theory was generally accepted after Newton's expanation of elliptical orbits in terms of the theory of gravity.
Who prove that the sun is the center of the solar system?
galileo
What Italian astronomer made improvements to the telescope that help prove Copernicus heliocentric theory?
Galileo was the first scientist to use a telescope to make discoveries about the Sun, Moon and planets. His discoveries raised serious doubts about the ancient Ptolemaic theory in which the Earth is at the centre of the Universe. Copernicus's theory of 1543 places the Sun at the centre instead. It explains some of the things that the Ptolemaic theory fails to explain, like the full range of Venus's phases that Galielo discovered. Galileo reasoned that this must prove that Copernicus's theory is right. However Galileo was wrong about this because Tycho Brahe's model explains the phases of Venus correctly yet still has the Earth at the centre. In the end, all these theories were rejected when Johannes Kepler produced his new theory in which the planets travel in elliptical orbits. It was generally accepted later, after Newton's discoveries showed theoretically that the planets must move in elliptical orbits under the force of gravity. However, Kepler's theory did have the Sun at the centre, so in one respect Copernicus was right.
Who proved the planets move around the sun?
It was Copernicus who produced a detailed theory showing planets orbiting the Sun.However he didn't prove his theory.The proof came later through the work of Kepler, Galileo, and Newton.I would say that Galileo's work was the first evidence that could be called "proof".
