UNIVERSE
SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION
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The geocentric model no longer predicted the positions of the constellations.
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The geocentric model did not predict the phases of the Moon.
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The heliocentric model provided a simpler explanation of the motions of the planets.
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The heliocentric model proved that the Earth rotated.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The geocentric model was eventually replaced by the heliocentric model. Copernican heliocentrism could remove Ptolemy’s epicycles because the retrograde motion could be seen to be the result of the combination of Earth and planet movement and speeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The heliocentric model is simpler to modern astronomers because it allows them to make accurate calculations about the movement of planets and explain seemingly contradictory phenomena like the retrograde movement of Mercury.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was generally accepted until the 16th century, after which it was superseded by heliocentric models such as that of Nicolaus Copernicus.
Detailed explanation-4: -The model was rejected not because it was considered inadequate in explaining observable phenomena regarding the stars, Sun and Moon, and the planets but, essentially, because it challenged the accepted view of the size of the universe and the Earth’s unique position at its center.
Detailed explanation-5: -The geocentric model says that the earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe, and the planets, the sun and the moon, and the stars circles around it. The early heliocentric models consider the sun as the center, and the planets revolve around the sun.