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During the time, most scientific knowledge came from classical thinkers. Most experts at the time were supportive of Ptolemyâ??s theory and since Copernicus rejected it, they were against his theory. In addition, the Church, a great power at the time, supported Ptolemy's earth centric theory as well.
The heliocentric solar system of Copernicus was attacked for several reasons:
1) He had proposed an idea but gave no suggestion on how to prove the idea.
2) He proposed that our Earth was moving through space. If that were true, then we on Earth should detect ourselves moving. But we don't.
3) Furthermore, any such movement would result in a change in the star background over time. Since no such movement was detected, the Earth could not be moving.
4) On philosophical grounds, as it was pointed out that Copernicus had arrived at his ideas through mathematics. At the time, it was believed that math was purely intellectual, with no real connection to the real world; thus, one could not connect the two.
For sixty years after the publication of Copernicus' work, the above were the main objections to his ideas. Only after decades of minimal controversy, people attacked his ideas over a seeming contradiction with Scripture.
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Inject, reject, eject...
Ject as a prefix?
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What are the experts who study the past?
Historians Archelogist
Did Athena ever love?
no Athena reject any type of love and marriage
What is a synonyms for the word abrogate?
a synonym for abrogate would be to abolish, cancel, retract, reject, or finish
What did Copernicus not reject?
Copernicus did not reject the idea that planetary orbits around our Sun were circular.
He proved the theories of Copernicus?
Johannes Kepler
What year was Galileo proves the theories of Copernicus?
in the late 1700s
Which scientist made highly accurate measurements that first disproved the theories of Ptolemy and Copernicus?
The scientist that made highly accurate measurements that first disapproved the theories of Ptolmy and Copernicus was called Brahe.
The theories developed by Copernicus were considered to be?
The answer is extreme for all of those A+ users.
How did nicolaus Copernicus find out that the eartth was in the center?
Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that the earth WAS NOT the center of the universe using math and science to form his theories.
Why did Copernicus never publish his theory?
He knew that the church would oppose his theories.
What was the name of the Italian astronomer who proved the theories of Copernicus?
Galileo Galilei was the Italian astronomer who supported Copernicus's theories by using his own observations through a telescope to provide evidence for the heliocentric model of the solar system.
Which Renaissance scholar had most of his theories published posthumously out of fear of the Inquisition?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who was an Italian scientist who made astronomical observations that supported the theories of Copernicus?
Galileo Galilei
Which Renaissance scholar had the most of his theories published posthumously out of fear of the Inquisition?
Nicolaus Copernicus
How many times did the Earth orbit the Sun between 140 Ce when Ptolemy introduced his theories and 1543 when Copernicus introduced his theories?
1403
