> How do we know it is wrong? Well, for one thing, we have now sent assorted space probes to the other planets, something that requires precise knowledge of th

> How do we know it is wrong? Well, for one thing, we have now sent assorted space probes to the other planets, something that requires precise knowledge of their current and future positions, something that cannot be done without an accurate model of their orbits. Are you seriously suggesting that Mars, Jupiter et al orbit the earth rather than the sun, or am I badly misreading your comment? > Was there ever serious considerations of Capella's model? TFA discusses at length how that model was quite popular in Europe for centuries.