Greek Ideas About the Solar System?
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And i can't seem to find anything on google.
So i'm asking here...any ideas and/or help for my project?
Thankss..x
Answer:
I think they had a geocentric view of the solar system. Everything revolved around the Earth. So just build a mobile out of coat hangers and hang the Earth in the center and the planets and sun around it. Hope you get an A.
Do not mean to be rude but can you say "Greek Mythology?"
You want the Term: Cosmology, not Mythology.
This is the Study of the Structure of the Cosmos, not it's Gods.
Do a Search on Each society like:
Greek Cosmology
and you'll get what you need.
As I remember, their concept was that everything began all over again right from the beginning.
Type "heliocentric" and "geocentric" into wikipedia-- it's a good place to start, even if it's not a valid source. The Greeks mostly considered the earth to be at the center of the solar system (a geocentric model) but some philosophers looked into the heliocentric idea.
Try the source. I don't know what level of material you are looking for, and that source is a college lecture series I believe, but it is at a popular level, suitable for high school.
They all thought that the Earth was the centre of the universe.
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