Historical Models of the Solar System

The sun and all the bodies that orbit the sun.

• The Universe

• The Solar System

• The Asteroid Belt

• The Geocentric Model

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The current model of the solar system with the sun as the center.

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model

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The earliest models of the solar system with the Earth as the center.

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model

Greek philosopher that though the Earth was at the center of the solar system.

• Ptolemy

• Kepler

• Aristotle

• Galileo

Discovered that other things can be orbited not just Earth!

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

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Discovered that planets move in an ellipse pattern - not a circle.

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

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Developed a detailed geocentric model and believed that planets moved in small circles that moved in larger circles. He called this "wheel-on-wheels"

• Aristotle

• Aristarchus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

Proposed the heliocentric model. Attempted to measure the relative distances to the moon and sun.

• Aristotle

• Kepler

• Aristarchus

• Kepler

Developed a detailed heliocentric model and paved the way for what we use today.

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

An explanation or model backed by results obtained from many tests or experiments.

• Rocket Science

• Blackbody

• Scientific Method

• Scientific Theory

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