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The greatest inaccuracy in Copernicus' model of the solar system was that the planets?
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What major did Copernicus make in the Ptolematic System?
He placed the sun in the middle with the planets orbiting it.
Who was the first person to theorize that the earth revolves around the sun?
Nicolas Copernicus first said this in the early 1500's. Before him, most people thought that the solar system revolved around the Earth. However, if one watches the planets for enough nights, eventually they will make some strange loops that Ptolemy called "epicycles" Ptolemy's system, which lasted for about 2,000 years, was extremely complicated. Copernicus's system, though, was relatively simple; he drew perfect circles (Johannes Kepler later proved that planets follow elliptical orbits) to represent the orbits of the planets known at the time. Despite his one inaccuracy (perfect circles), Copernicus's theory was still one giant step in the right direction.
What kind of a solar system did Copernicus believe?
All of the planets plus the sun revolve around the Earth
What is the planets that have been discovered by Copernicus?
I believe you are asking about the heliocentric system wich Copernicus suggested at a time where the earth was believed to be the epicenter of the solar system. Go to related links for more information.
What is the opposite of heliocentric?
In a book called On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies (that was published as Copernicus lay on his deathbed), Copernicus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the Solar System. Such a model is called a heliocentric system. The ordering of the planets known to Copernicus in this new system is illustrated in the following figure, which we recognize as the modern ordering of those planets.For this reason, a heliocentric system is the Solar System with the sun in the center, so there is not an "opposite".
What was the greatest inaccuracy in Copernicus model of the solar system?
Copernicus mistakenly thought that our earth was the center of our universe, with the sun and other planets orbiting earth.
Who created a model of the solar system with planets orbiting the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
Who created a model of the solar system in which the planets orbit the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who proposed a model of the solar system in which the planets orbit the sun?
Galileo and Copernicus
Who discovered that in your present day solar system the planets revolve around the sun?
copernicus
What major did Copernicus make in the Ptolematic System?
He placed the sun in the middle with the planets orbiting it.
Who made a model of the solar system in which planets orbit the sun?
The heliocentric model was devised by Copernicus.
Who first created a model of the solar system which all the planets orbit the sun?
Nicolas Copernicus
Who showed that your universe is heliocentricthe planets of the solar system revolve around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What old ideas about the universe did Copernicus still use in his system?
Nicolae Copernicus did not abandon the idea that planets went around their center point in perfect circles.
How is Copernicus' description of the system of planets different from ptolemys description?
Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the solar system (Otherwise known as the Geocentric theory) and Copernicus's idea was that the sun was at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric theroy).
How is Copernicus description of the system of planets different from Ptolemy description?
Ptolemy thought the earth was the center of the solar system (Otherwise known as the Geocentric theory) and Copernicus's idea was that the sun was at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric theroy).
