There are two theory's about the solar systems. They are the geocentric theory were people thought that the earth was the center of the universe.Heliocentrism is the second which people thought that the sun was the center of the universe. This word comes the Greek word Helio meaning that the Sun is in the center. The one that came first before the scientific revolution was geocentric. This came from a person named Copernicus who studied the earth but not to extent. He told that to Catholic Church and it seemed people believed it. Heliocentrism came second and after the scientific revolution.
A man named Galileo went on trial because he discovered that the earth revolves around the sun. When the Catholic Church found out they told him not to continue or support the theory. In a book he wrote it said he supported the theory. In so doing so the Church put him on trial. The Church be lived anything the bible said about how the earth is the center of the universe and Galileo be lived in facts. He was put on house arrest for the rest of his life. The trial seemed to be short something this big.
Friday, September 12, 2008
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