Believing The Earth Was The Center of the Solar System

1. However the idea was brought back with the Astronomer, Galileo, who was the first astronomer to use telescope.

2. Galileo came with problems with the Catholic Church due to the fact that they believe in Geocentrism, and like Copernicus, Galileo believed in heliocentric.

2.1. Heliocentric: Sun Centered Universe

3. Galileo was banned from spreading false rumors. However he continue his research of observing the solar system.

3.1. He subsequently used his telescope to discover four of the moons circling Jupiter, to study Saturn, to observe the phases of Venus, and to study sunspots on the Sun. Galileo's observations strengthened his belief in Copernicus' theory that Earth and all other planets revolve around the Sun.

4. Galileo died and it was proven that the earth and the other planets were rotating around the sun.

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6. Back in the day, many people believed that Earth was the center of Solar System.

6.1. Geocentrism or Ptolemaic system, Is a model where the earth is showed to be the center of the Universe.

7. However In 1514, a polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus had a different idea, and distributed this idea of the solar system.

7.1. His Idea: he believed that the center of the universe was not Earth, but that the sun lay near it.

8. Copernicus' Idea was found ridiculous to mostly the Catholic Church and the people. Copernicus Died in 1543.

8.1. People didn't believe Copernicus due to the fact that there was no proof of this statement. He died without anyone knowing if his theory was true.