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What scientific contribution did Copernicus Galileo and newton make to the age of reason?
Copernicus proposed the theory of a heliocentric model while Galileo improved the telescope, studied Jupiter's moons, and supported the heliocentric model
The scientist who first used a telescope to make discoveries that supported the heliocentric model was?
Galileo Galilei . He only helped support the theory through his observations , he didn't invent the model, Copernicus did.
What model did Copernicus support?
He thought of and supported the heliocentric model, which states the "heavens" revolve around the Sun.
Why might Copernicus be consider as father of astronomy?
Because he was the first astronomer in modern times to devise a new model of the planets' orbits with the Sun at the centre. Copernicus's model of 1543 was rejected after Kepler's theory of 1609 was supported by later theories of dynamics, but Kepler retained the heliocentric principle and Copernicus's work was an important stage in the process of development of ideas.
Did Isaac Newton create the heliocentric model?
No Nicolaus Copernicus created it (although the planet's orbits were perfect circles in his model). Isaac Newton expanded on it. After Copernicus, Johannes Kepler stated that the orbits were elliptical. Isaac Newton came up with the theory of universal gravitation.
Who created a model of the solar system with planets orbiting the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
What was the sun centered model created by Copernicus called?
The heliocentric model.
Who later confirmed Copernicus' ideas about the Earth moving around the sun?
Nicholas Copernicus 1473-1543 was a Polish priest and astronomer who created an alternative model of the planets which put the Sun at the centre, instead of the Earth as generally accepted at that time.Kepler's model is the one we use today, and it has the Sun at the centre, like the Copernican model, but all the other details of Copernicus's theory were rejected in favour of elliptical orbits.
Who created a model of solar system that orbit the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What happened to Galileo when he supported Copernicus?
The problem was, he didn't just support Copernicus's idea, and he did not stick to teaching it as a theory, as the church allowed him to do. His problem was that he promoted it aggressively as the absolute truth, and that is what put him on a collision course with the Vatican. He was tried for heresy because he was held to be trying to reinterpret The Bible. Copernicus's theory, as promoted by Galileo, was eventually replaced by Kepler's theory, but the idea of having the Sun at the center was retained. In the 18th century the discovery of the law of gravity and the laws of motion showed that Kepler's model was very close to reality, and it's the model in use today with slight modifications from relativity.
Who created the current model of the solar system?
Copernicus proposed it, Galileo fought for it. It is called the Heliocentric model.
Who created a model of the solar system in which the planets orbit the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
