Did Stephen Hawking believe in geocentric or heliocentric?

Answer 1

Stephen Hawking does (not did, for he is still alive) believe in the heliocentric model of the solar system. No scientist has seriously considered the geocentric model for centuries.

Answer 2

Hubble observed the expanding universe, which is much larger than our solar system. The sun is the center of the solar system, but not of the entire universe. Therefore, Hubble's theory is not really geocentric or heliocentric.

Answer 3

Carl Sagan never suggested that the Sun was the center of the universe; he often wrote that our Sun is a perfectly ordinary star whose only claim to fame is that it is ours.

In fact, like every other statement in science, everything is relative. When we refer to the Earth-Moon system, "geocentric" is correct. "Heliocentric" is accurate if we're only talking about our solar system, which orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

And while the Milky Way galaxy is perhaps a little larger than the average, there is nothing particularly special about it - except that this is where WE live.

In fact, there is no way to determine IF the universe has a "center", and if so, where it might be.

Sagan's flaws and idiocy as a political agitator cannot really detract from his genius as an astronomer.

Answer 4

geocentric