The geocentric model is a debunked theory that the Earth is the center of the universe, with the sun and planets revolving around it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The geocentric model of the universe is a good analogy for Roe v. Wade. From its birth, the case had no grounding in the Constitution. None. And that flaw was patent to everyone.

Because nobody was able to explain why the stars looked the same despite Earth changing position, the geocentric model became more widely recognised. Egyptian astronomer and mathematician Claudius ...

The geocentric model is no more crazy than saying that a tennis ball is made of protons, neutrons and electrons. Sure, we all (most of us) believe there are these particles like electrons ...

In a geocentric model, where Venus is always approximately the same distance from Earth, its phase changes do not match observations. Wikimedia Commons users Nichalp and Sagredo.

The reason it took so long to supersede the geocentric model of the Universe, close to 2000 years, is because of how successful the model was at describing what we observed.

Now, let's consider the geocentric model with Mars orbiting the Earth. Every night it would move farther to the east. That makes sense. But how do you explain the times when it moves to the west?

This article was originally published with the title “ How the Geocentric Model of the Universe Worked [Video] ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 310 No. 1 (January 2014) doi:10.1038 ...

We know that the Catholic church has a troubled history with the idea of heliocentrism, but when did this history become history? What year would Galileo ...