SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

PLANETARY FORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ptolemy’s view of the universe
A
Galaxy
B
Geocentric
C
Astonomy
D
Heliocentric
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ptolemy placed the Earth at the centre of his geocentric model. Using the data he had, Ptolemy thought that the universe was a set of nested spheres surrounding the Earth. He believed that the Moon was orbiting on a sphere closest to the Earth, followed by Mercury, then Venus and then the Sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ptolemaic system, also called geocentric system or geocentric model, mathematical model of the universe formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy about 150 CE and recorded by him in his Almagest and Planetary Hypotheses.

Detailed explanation-3: -In astronomy, the geocentric theory of the universe is the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe and other objects go around it. Belief in this system was common in ancient Greece.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 4th century BC, two influential Greek philosophers, Plato and his student Aristotle, wrote works based on the geocentric model. According to Plato, the Earth was a sphere, stationary at the center of the universe.

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