There was more than one astronomer who agreed with the heliocentric theory and was imprisoned for his investigations. The astronomers were Copernicus, John Dalton, Lamarck, and Galileo.
I am actually doing a report on Copernicus. He took back what he said but right as he was dying they found out that he was right and his last words were. " I knew the sun was the center, all along."
Galileo Galilee
HE was the first astronomer to figure out the earth wasn't the center of the universe the sin was it was the heliocentric theory
Likes: Created Copernican Theory, proposed heliocentric theory, great astronomer Dislikes: Went against Church's theory, went against Bible's theory, disagreed with geocentric theory.
copernicus coined the heliocentric theory...
Galileo did not propose a heliocentric theory, he agreed with Copernicus and his heliocentric theory. The Catholic church, at the time, disagreed and they held a huge amount of power and put him on trial.
It is believed that Nicolaus Copernicus first proposed the heliocentric theory.
I am actually doing a report on Copernicus. He took back what he said but right as he was dying they found out that he was right and his last words were. " I knew the sun was the center, all along."
Galileo Galilee
HE was the first astronomer to figure out the earth wasn't the center of the universe the sin was it was the heliocentric theory
Likes: Created Copernican Theory, proposed heliocentric theory, great astronomer Dislikes: Went against Church's theory, went against Bible's theory, disagreed with geocentric theory.
In the Dark Age of Science, it was believed that Earth was in the center of Solar System and all the planets including sun, revolve round the sun. This is called Geocentric Theory.Nicolas Copernicus, A Polish*Astronomer, proved that earth and other planets revolved round the sun. This is Heliocentric Theory.(Copernicus proposed the Heliocentric Theory in 1543, 64 years before the invention of telescope. I was all the work of his Mathematics.)_________________________________________________________________* Polish Astronomer is an Astronomer from Poland
copernicus coined the heliocentric theory...
The Helio-centric theory was proposed by a Polish astronomer , named Nicolaus Copernicus. Galileo believed this.
The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.
Nicolaus Copernicus established the first full theory of a heliocentric model of the solar system.
Galileo did not have his own theory. He was a supporter of Copernicus's heliocentric theory and an opponent of the geocentric Ptolemaic theory. Eventually both theories were rejected in favour of Kepler's theory. But Kepler's theory uses the heliocentric idea from Copernicus's theory.