The Development

of the Model
of the Universe
Geocentric Model

any hypothesis that emphasizes Earth as the center of the solar

system (or the cosmos) as its entire framework. Ptolemy of
Alexandria's geocentric model, from the second century CE, was the
most sophisticated. It was extensively conceived until the 16th
century, when heliocentric theories like Nicolaus Copernicus's took its
place. Compare the Tychonic system, Ptolemaic system, and
heliocentrism.
 According to the geocentric
hypothesis of the cosmos,
everything in the universe
revolves around the Earth. This
perspective was extensively
acknowledged in classical
Greece. Both Aristotle and
Ptolemy recognized it, and the
majority of Greek philosophers

Geocentric Model
believed that the Earth is
revolved by the Sun, Moon, stars,
and visible planets.

Christianity taught that God placed the earth in the center of the universe and this
made earth a special place to watch human life unfold.

Two analogous assessments were supposed to provide evidence for the

universe is centered on Earth. The first is that the stars, such as
observed by the sun rising in the east and setting in the west each day, the Sun and
Planets seem to rotate around the Earth Day. The second is the impression that the
Earth is substantial and dependable and that it is at rest rather than in motion.
 The geocentric is often
referred to as the Medieval
view of the universe and it
dominated thinking into the
early modern age. From the
late 16th century onward it
was gradually replaced by the
heliocentric model of
Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler
Geocentric Model