GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BIG BANG THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who supported the Geocentric system?
A
Ptolemy
B
Aristotle
C
Copernicus
D
Galileo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 4th century BC, two influential Greek philosophers, Plato and his student Aristotle, wrote works based on the geocentric model.

Detailed explanation-2: -Belief in this system was common in ancient Greece. It was embraced by both Aristotle and Ptolemy, and most Greek philosophers assumed that the Sun, Moon, stars, and visible planets circle the Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -He thought Earth was the center of the universe and that the Sun, Moon, planets, and all the fixed stars revolved around it. Aristotle’s ideas were widely accepted by the Greeks of his time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plato’s student, Aristotle, believed in a geocentric universe, a universe where the Earth was at the center of the universe. About 500 years after Aristotle, along came a man called Ptolemy, who created his own model of the universe.

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