Astronomers
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Actualizado: 21 oct 2018
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0 CE500 CE1000CE1500 CE500 BCE2000 CEAristotle creates the first model of the
solar system, a geocentric model.Aristotle is bornAristotle introduces the idea
that the Earth is spherical.Ptolemy is bornCopernicus presents his heliocentric theory.Ptolemaic system is introduced,
showing the Earth as a stationary
object at the center of the universe.
Unlike Aristotle's geocentric model,
the orbits of the Sun, Moon, and
other planets are ecliptic.Copernicus is bornCopernicus publishes his
heliocentric model
(the book is banned by the
Catholic Church in 1616)Galileo is bornGalileo discovers the 4
main moons of Jupiter
and the phases of Venus.
He also invents the most
powerful telescope at the
time.Brahe is bornBrahe publishes his modified Copernican
model, in which the planets orbit the Sun,
which revolves around a stationary Earth
(Part heliocentric, part geocentric).Kepler is bornKepler publishes his three
laws of planetary motion.
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