GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Earth was thought to be created by random factors.
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Earth was much older than had previously been thought.
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Earth was no longer thought to be the center of the universe.
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Earth was thought to be moving differently from other objects in space.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1500s, Copernicus proposed that Earth orbited the Sun rather than vice versa. Which statement summarizes the major impact of this idea on human thought? Earth was thought to be created by random factors.
Detailed explanation-2: -He also determined that the Earth rotates daily on its axis and that the Earth’s motion affected what people saw in the heavens. Copernicus did not have the tools to prove his theories. By the 1600s, astronomers such as Galileo would develop the physics that would prove he was correct.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of these statements best explains why Ptolemy and Copernicus had different views about the solar system? They had different beliefs and backgrounds.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus detailed his radical theory of the Universe in which the Earth, along with the other planets, rotated around the Sun. His theory took more than a century to become widely accepted.