The Solar System: Geocentric and Heliocentric

There are two types of explanation of the solar system: Geocentric and Heliocentric. Geocentric came before Heliocentric.The geocentric explanation of the solar system is that the Earth was the center of everything, and everything else revolves around it. Back in the day, this idea was popular among the Greeks and the Chinese. Philosophers also thought that the stars, sun, and planets circled the Earth in a perfectly circle motion.




The heliocentrism explanation of the solar system is that the Sun is the center of everything, and all the other planets revolve around it. The planets that circle the Sun circle the sun an an elliptical shape. Heliocentrism is the only correct explanation of our solar system. Nicoluas Copernicus mathematically proved the heliocentrism explanation of the solar system right. Johaness Kepler helped expand this idea. Heliocentrism was developed by the scientific revolution. Very religious people, like the Catholics, were strongly against this theory becuase it conflicted with their religion. Today, almost everyone accepts this theory.


Galilieo was an astronomer, mathematitian, philisopher, and a physicyst. He was one of the people who helped in the Scientific Revolution. He was put on trial becuase he believed Earth was not the center of the universe. The Catholic Church disbelieved that the Earth was not the center of the univierse. That is why Galileo was put on trial. Galileo was then punished, but he wasn't put to death.