:: : : : : : : : : They were testable at the time ( astronomical observations with the naked eye can show that the geocentric model is false ).
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For many centuries, The Geocentric model, a description of the cosmos which posited Earth as the center of all celestial bodies, was widely accepted by a variety of different civilizations.
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Muslim astronomers generally accepted the Ptolemaic system and the geocentric model, but by the 10th century texts appeared regularly whose subject matter was doubts concerning Ptolemy ( " shukkk " ).
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According to G . I . Gurdjieff, some of the ancient geocentric models don't represent an Earth-centered universe at all, but in reality display the Ray of Creation.
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It has been suggested by some commentators, most notably B . L . van der Waerden, that certain aspects of Aryabhata's geocentric model suggest the influence of an unknown, underlying heliocentric model.
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The story revisits the tower of Babel myth as a construction megaproject, in a setting where the principles of pre-scientific cosmology ( the geocentric model, celestial spheres, etc ) are literally true.
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The corrections made to the geocentric model by al-Battani, Averroes, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi and Ibn al-Shatir were later incorporated into the Copernican heliocentric model.
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Despite taking care to adhere to the Inquisition's 1616 instructions, the claims in the book favouring Copernican theory and a non Geocentric model of the solar system led to Galileo being tried and banned on publication.
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Some technical details of Copernicus's system closely resembled those developed earlier by the Islamic astronomers Nac + r al-D + n al-l ks + and Ibn al-Shm ir, both of whom retained a geocentric model.
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Another observation used in favor of the geocentric model at the time was the apparent consistency of Venus'luminosity, which implies that it is usually about the same distance from Earth, which in turn is more consistent with geocentrism than heliocentrism.
