Tycho Brahe was wrong but on stronger scientific ground given the observations available Depends on how much weight you place on different lines of reasoning.

Tycho Brahe was wrong but on stronger scientific ground given the observations available Depends on how much weight you place on different lines of reasoning. One of Galileo's key insights was that there's no fundamental difference between the terrestrial and the celestial. In contrast, the Aristotelian heavens are made of aether, in part to be able to account for the diurnal motion of far-distant planets and stars.