Historical Models of the Solar System

In which model of the solar system does the sun revolve around Earth?

• heliocentric model

• Copernican model

• Aristarchan model

• geocentric model

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 planets move in an ellipse pattern - not a circle.

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

Discovered that other things can be orbited not just Earth!

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

In this model, Earth and the other planets orbit the sun.

• geocentric model

• heliocentric model

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

These model uses Earth as the center, are called Earth-centered.

• geocentric model

• heliocentric model

• universe model

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1