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Whose model did Copernicus use to show the positions of the planets?
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Copernicus was not the first to propose a sun centered Solar System. He cited the ideas of ancient Greek thinkers Philolaus and Aristarchus of Samos as an influence.
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What was the sun centered model created by Copernicus called?
The heliocentric model.
How did Ptolemy prove his model?
Galileo explained the backwatds motion of the planets
Who discovered heliocentric cosmology?
Nicolaus Copernicus The above answer is incorrect. Copernicus only proved what Aristarchus already discovered, however at that time people rejected his theory since Aristotle was more popular in terms of science than he was. "He presented the first known heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center of the known universe...The heliocentric theory was successfully revived nearly 1800 years later by Copernicus" Aristarchus is the correct answer
Who was Nicolas Copernius?
Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer and mathematician who lived from 1473 to 1543. He designed a model of the solar system that correctly placed the sun at the center of the universe rather than the Earth, as was previously believed.
Why was Bohr's model called a planetary model?
Because it postulates that the nuclei is in the center and electrons are spinning around the nuclei on its orbitals which is very similar to the planetary model of our solar system.
When Copernicus first created his Sun centered model of the universe it did not lead to substantially better predictions of planetary positions than the Ptolemaic model?
Copernicus used perfect circles for the orbits of the planets.
Who created a model of the solar system with planets orbiting the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from ptolemy's?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from Ptolemy's model?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
How was Copernicus model of the universe different from ptolemys model?
Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the moon.No. The above answer is incorrect.Copernicus's model thought that the planets orbited the sun. Ptolemy's model thought that the planets orbited the EARTH in epicycles. Not the moon. (The model that modeled the planets orbiting earth was the Geocentric model. Aristotle theorized this.)Copernicus's model is known as the Heliocentric model. Ptolemy's theory of epicycles is when the planets revolved in large circles around Earth.
How was Copernicus' model of the universe different from Ptolemy's model?
The main difference was that Ptolemy's model was geocentric (Earth-centred) and Copernicus's was heliocentric (Sun-centred). Ptolemy's model came from ancient times while Copernicus's was much later (1543). Both models represented the planets' orbits by using combinations of circles and epicycles to explain the way the planets move among the stars. Copernicus found that the orbits of the inner planets could be explained more simply. That is to say that the epicycles used for all the orbits were smaller, and for the inner planets a lot smaller. Both models represented the planets' positions with reasonable accuracy given the crude observational methods used in those days. Until gravity and the laws of dynamics were discovered about 150 years after the publication of Copernicus's system, there was no way of deciding which model was the 'right' one.
Was Copernicus or Kepler more accurate?
Kepler's model of 1609 was more accurate than Copernicus' model of 1543 because it provided a more accurate fit to measurements of the planets' positions made by Tycho Brahe at the end of the 1500s. However, both models predicted the planets' positions fairly accurately, as did the ancient theory produced by Claudio Ptolemy (90-168). Kepler's model, which has the planets in elliptical orbits, became accepted as right after it was later demonstrated that the elliptical orbits were the result of the newly discovered law of gravity. Kepler's model is used today.
Who made a model of the solar system in which planets orbit the sun?
The heliocentric model was devised by Copernicus.
Copernicus heliocentric model failed to work as well as it might to predict the positions of planets because Copernicus insisted the orbits were?
He theorized that planetary orbits were circular - in fact, they're elliptical (elongated). He also theorized that the Sun was the center of the Universe, which of course it's not.
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 drew a model that showed the sun and planets going round the earth?
Copernicus
