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Heliocentrism simplifies the equations of movement of the planets but that alone isn't a good justification. It did not explain the movement of the star that we
by jenadine 1y ago
Heliocentrism simplifies the equations of movement of the planets but that alone isn't a good justification. It did not explain the movement of the star that were thought to be much closer. And why we wouldn't feel the movement of the earth (Galileo said that in his book the rotation of the earth was causing the tide, which is factually wrong)
At the time, this was a fringe theory, like MOND or string theories are today.
- 1718627440 1y ago> Galileo said that in his book the rotation of the earth was causing the tide, which is factually wrong I thought the tide was caused by earth and moon rotating about a common center, so how is that wrong?
- jenadine 1y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Tides https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Tides Galileo incorrectly claimed tides were caused by Earth's motion around the sun, ignoring the true cause: gravitational forces between the Earth and Moon, which were later explained by Newton