solar system models

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Mind Map on solar system models, created by Edward Howard on 15/05/2014.
Edward Howard
Mind Map by Edward Howard, updated more than 1 year ago
Edward Howard
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solar system models
  1. Geocentric model
    1. "naked eye planets" (ones we can see) all rotate around the earth
      1. observations were made to say that the earth was the centre of the universe, as the stars apeared the orbit the earth
      2. Heliocentric model
        1. the heliocentric model shows that the earth and other planets orbit the sun
          1. nicolaus copernicus came up with the idea in the 16th century
            1. before this, people still doubted that the earth was round
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