Historical Models Of The Solar System by Kenzie Dahlin

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Historical Models Of The Solar System

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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HISTORICAL MODELS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

BY KENZIE DAHLIN

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The solar system is the sun and all of the bodies that orbit around the sun

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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who thought the earth was the center of all things.

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Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system, but his model was not widely accepted

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Ptolemy was an astronomer who wrote a book on the observations of planets, Ptolemy developed a detailed geocentric model that was used by astronomers for the next 14 centuries

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Copernicus was a polish astronomer who built a detailed heliocentric model

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Kepler was a German astronomer who formed 3 principles known as the Kepler laws. Kepler also analyzed observations of the planets and found that the exactly circular path of motion did not fit perfectly, and ellipses fit better

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Galileo was a scientist who approached questions called scientific methods. Galileo made significant improvements to the newly invented telescope. He observed the planets with his telescope and observed that earth was not the only object that could be orbited.

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Kenzie Dahlin