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Who designed and used telescopes in order to study the Copernican model of the planets?
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∙ 9y ago
Galileo Galilei is credited with the development of the telescope. Galileo studied the Copernican heliocentric system of planetary alignment. The heliocentric system places the Sun in one central location and has the planets orbit around it. Galileo's studies helped to cement the acceptance of the heliocentric system and it also led to inquisition proceedings against him. During Galileo's time there was another theory that the Sun revolved around the Earth not the other way around. Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy February 15, 1564 and died on January 8, 1642 in Arcetri a town near Florence Italy.
I just read that other(s) had been using telescopes which reversed the image (upside down), but that Galileo made a righting telescope and applied the instrument.
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∙ 9y agoCopernicus never had a telescope. He pre-dated Galileo by almost a century.
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What is the copernican model?
The model of the Solar System in which the Sun is in the center and the planets (including Earth) orbit it.
How does the Ptolemaic model differ from the modern day model?
The Ptolemaic model has all of the planets moons and stars moving around the Sun. The modern day Copernican model has all the planets moving around the Sun, with the moons moving around the planets, and the Sun and its "system" moving around the Milky Way.
Who was put in jail because he told people Copernicus model was correct?
It was not about modelling, it was about reality. Galileo was put in jail for heresy after he continued to say publicly that the Copernican model was the absolute truth, after he had been told by the church that he could use it and teach it only as a model to represent the planets. The model that is now accepted by everyone including the church is the one discovered by Kepler in 1609, which Galileo did not accept at the time because it uses elliptical orbits instead of the perfect circles of the Copernican theory.
Why models of the ealry ptolemy solar system were replaced by the copernican model?
The Ptolemaic Model followed a geocentric model of the solar system. This was then challenged by Nicolaus Copernicus, who claimed a heliocentric model which sparked an integral part of the Scientific Revolution called, the Copernican Revolution. Copernicus' proposal was followed by the Tychonic Model, with attempted to compromise with the geo- and heliocentric models. Then, Kepler improved by suggesting elliptical orbits. The Copernican Revolution came to a close with further speculation from Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton TL;DR Because they were wrong
What was the Copernican System and who supported this belief and who did not?
The Copernican System is an astronomical model; published in 1543.See more information at the related Wikipedia link listed below.
What was the Copernican system who supported this belief and who did not?
The Copernican System is an astronomical model; published in 1543.See more information at the related Wikipedia link listed below.
Did it take 2 centuries for copernican models replace ptolemaic model?
yes
What is a Solar System that planets revolve around the earth?
The name for the model of a solar system in which planets (and the Sun) revolve around the Earth is called geocentric. Modern astronomy rejects the idea, dating back to Copernicus who was a proponent of the notion that the planets orbited around the Sun (heliocentric). The heliocentric model is thus also called the Copernican, and the geocentric (with models presented most famously by Aristotle and Ptolemy) is called the Ptolemaic.
How was tycho brahe's theory of the universe different from those of the earlier astronomers?
Roughly, the Tycho Brahe model of the solar system was something between the ptolemic geocentric model of the solar system and the copernican heliocentric model. The sun still revolved around the earth but all other planets revolved around the sun. Interestingly, it was Tycho's pupil Kepler, that refined the Copernican model to include elliptical orbits (until then, orbits were assumed to be perfect circles).
What is the difference between the Heliocentric theory and the Copernican theory?
The heliocentric 'theory' is not really a theory at all, more an assertion that the Sun is at the centre of the solar system. Copernicus's theory assumes that the Sun is at the centre and provides a model of the planets' orbits that uses circles and epicycles to explain the observed orbits. He said it was simpler than the old "geocentric" (Earth centred) Ptolemaic system, but it was not really, it actually had more epicycles. Note: Perhaps the questioner got mixed up. The Copernican theory IS a heliocentric theory. Perhaps the question is about the geocentric theory and the Copernican theory. Anyway, Kepler simplified the heliocentric theory and now we know that his model is correct.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from Ptolemy's model?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from ptolemys model?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
