20,345
edits
Changes
Created page with "==Key Stage 2== ===Meaning=== The Heliocentric Model of The Solar System is a model of The Solar System that placed The Sun at the centre. ===About the Helioc..."
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
The [[Heliocentric Model]] of [[The Solar System]] is a model of [[The Solar System]] that placed [[The Sun]] at the centre.
===About the Heliocentric Model===
: 400 years ago an [[astronomer]] named [[Galileo]] made [[observation]]s of the [[planet]] [[Jupiter]] using a new invention called a [[telescope]].
: [[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]].
: This was called the [[Heliocentric Model]] of [[The Solar System]].
: Unfortunately many religious people did not like this idea and [[Galileo]] was put under house arrest for [[heresy]] until he died several years later.
===Meaning===
The [[Heliocentric Model]] of [[The Solar System]] is a model of [[The Solar System]] that placed [[The Sun]] at the centre.
===About the Heliocentric Model===
: 400 years ago an [[astronomer]] named [[Galileo]] made [[observation]]s of the [[planet]] [[Jupiter]] using a new invention called a [[telescope]].
: [[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]].
: This was called the [[Heliocentric Model]] of [[The Solar System]].
: Unfortunately many religious people did not like this idea and [[Galileo]] was put under house arrest for [[heresy]] until he died several years later.