Geocentric Model
Key Stage 2
Meaning
The Geocentric Model of The Solar System is an incorrect model of The Solar System where the Earth was thought to be at the centre.
About the Geocentric Model
- 1900 years ago an astronomer named Ptolemy made careful observations of the 5 known planets and all the Stars in the night's sky.
- Ptolemy used these observations to claim that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe and The Solar System and that everything in the Universe orbits the Earth.
- Many people believed Ptolemy because it fit well with their religious beliefs that a god created the Earth before the Sun, stars and planets.