Difference between revisions of "Heliocentric Model"

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400 years ago an astronomer named Galileo made observations of the planet Jupiter using a new invention called a telescope.

Galileo noticed in the observations that there were 4 moons that seemed to orbit Jupiter which proved Ptolemy's Geocentric Model of The Solar System was not true because not everything orbitted the Earth.

Galileo then went on to claim that the Earth was not the centre of The Solar System but the Sun was the centre and the planets orbitted the Sun.

Unfortunately many religious people did not like this idea and Galileo was put under house arrest for heresy until he died several years later.

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 : [[Galileo]] noticed in the [[observation]]s that there were 4 [[moon]]s that seemed to [[orbit]] [[Jupiter]] which proved [[Ptolemy]]'s [[Geocentric Model]] of [[The Solar System]] was not true because not everything [[orbit]]ted the [[Earth]].
 : [[Galileo]] then went on to claim that the [[Earth]] was not the centre of [[The Solar System]] but the [[Sun]] was the centre and the [[planet]]s [[orbit]]ted the [[Sun]].
-: Unfortunately many religious people did not like this idea and [[Galileo]] was put under house arrest for [[heresy]] until he died several years later.
+: Unfortunately many religious people did not like this idea and [[Galileo]] was put under house arrest for heresy until he died several years later.