Heliocentrism

Accepted · 1543

Status: Accepted
Year: 1543

Summary

The Sun at the centre, the Earth a planet like any other. Copernicus's version still used circles and was no more accurate than Ptolemy's; Kepler's ellipses are what finally made it win.

Timeline

The Solar System Forms

Equations

Kepler's Second Law Kepler's Third Law Kepler's First Law

Proponent

Galileo Galilei Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler

Referenced by

equation

Kepler's First Law Kepler's Second Law Kepler's Third Law

event

The Solar System Forms

researcher

Galileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Nicolaus Copernicus

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