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Geocentric is not a place, rather it is the name for the model of the solar system which places the earth at the centre and all other bodies revolve around it. This was considered the correct model for centuries.

The heliocentric model places the sun at the centre of the solar system and all other bodies rotate around the sun. We now know this is the correct configuration.

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In the geocentric model the motion of the sun was what'?

It was in orbit around the earth.


What is the difference between geocentric and heliocentric?

Geocentric understanding places the Earth at the center of the solar system or universe (depending on what is being discussed, and when) A Heliocentric understanding places the sun at the center of the solar system, or universe.


What is the main difference between the geocentric and heliocentric molds of planetary motion?

The geocentric model shows earth as the center of the universe. That means everything even the sun revolves around it. That was the theory used in early Greek astronomy. Heliocentric literally means, "sun in the center." That is the way our solar system really is, with everything revolving around the sun. It has been proven by space probes and missions


Did Eudoxus believe in geocentric or heliocentric?

Eudoxus believed in geocentric that means the orbits of the planets go in a perfect circle


Which observer cannot be explained by a geocentric model?

The observer who cannot be explained by a geocentric model is one who sees the phases of Venus. In a geocentric model, Venus would always be positioned between the Earth and the Sun, preventing it from showing a full range of phases like those observed. The heliocentric model, which places the Sun at the center, accurately accounts for these phases as Venus orbits the Sun and can be positioned at varying angles relative to the Earth and Sun. This discrepancy was one of the key pieces of evidence that led to the acceptance of the heliocentric model.

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In the geocentric model the motion of the sun was what'?

It was in orbit around the earth.


What is the opposite of the geocentric system?

helliocentric - where the sun is the center of the universe.


What is the difference between the geocentric view and the heliocentric view?

Geocentric: Earth is center of the solar system. Heliocentric: Sun is the centre of the solar system.


How are the heliocentric theory and the geocentric theory different?

Heliocentric = The Sun is at the center of our solar system. Geocentric = The Earth is at the center of our solar system. Insisting the Sun is at the center, which it is, once very much angered the church.


Did Aristotle support the heilocentric and geocentric model?

Aristotle supported the geocentric model, which placed Earth at the center of the universe. He did not propose a heliocentric model with the Sun at the center. It was later astronomers like Copernicus who challenged the geocentric model in favor of a heliocentric one.


What is the difference of the heliocentric model and the geocentric model?

Geocentric models had the earth as the center of the universe with the sun and all the planets orbiting it. Heliocentric models (the current accepted ones) have the sun as the center, with the earth and planets orbiting it.


What evidence is there for the earths revolution around the sun?

the heliocentric system and the geocentric system


How does the heliocentric theory differ from the geocentric?

The heliocentric theory is the idea that planets rotate around the sun, where the geocentric theory said that everything orbited around Earth.


what is the difference between Geocentric view and Heliocentric veiw?

The geocentric model says that the earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe, and the planets, the sun and the moon, and the stars circles around it. The early heliocentric models consider the sun as the center, and the planets revolve around the sun.


What object is at the center of a geometric system?

In a geocentric universe the earth is the center of the universe or solar system and everything revolves around it. In a heliocentric universe the sun or a star is the center of the universe or solar system. We live in a heliocentric solar system with the sun as the center.


Earth at the center of a series of concentric spheres?

"Geocentric".


How does heliocentric theory differ from the geocentric model?

The heliocentric theory is the idea that planets rotate around the sun, where the geocentric theory said that everything orbited around Earth.