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Heliocentric model |
-sun centered: proposed by Nicholas Copernicus in 1530 -less than 100 years ago Galileo Galilei invented the telescope that found solid evidence of the sun being the center of the solar system |
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Geocentric model |
-earth: center of the solar system -Aristotle's theories were largely based on math and geometry
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Cosmological Events |
-Solstice: sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon -Equinox: two times a year when day and night are equal |
