Copernicus and the Trial of Galileo

The geocentric explanation of the solar system is that the Earth was the center of everything, and everything else revolves around it. Back then the Greeks and Chinese believed in this. Philosophers also thought that all the planets, stars, and the sun revolved around the Earth in circular motions.

The heliocentrism said that the Sun is the center of everything, and all the other planets revolve around it. The Heliocentric theory is the only correct explanation of our solar system. Nicoluas Copernicus mathematically proved the heliocentric theory. Johaness Kepler expanded more about this idea by using a telescope. People that believed in a God were against this idea because it went against of what they use to believe. Today everyone believes in this because people have created stronger telescopes and have went into space to prove this.

The trial of Galileo was were they argued about whether to believe in the scientific teaching or the Holy Bible. Galileo stated in a book that the earth was not the center of the universe so he was put to trial by the catholic church. The church believed in the geocentric theory while Galileo believed in the heliocentric theory. Galileo used a telescope to prove that the earth revolved around the sun.