Ancient Greeks Views on Motion

Motion (Kinesis)

Terrestrial Motion Non terrestrial Motion

( Motion on Earth) ( Motion beyond Earth)

Natural Motion Celestial sphere

( Inherent to the object) ( Imaginary sphere surrounding Eartth)

Violent Motion Geocentric Theory

( External force required) (Earth as the Center)

He held the belief that motion can be Retrograde motion

categorized into two types: natural and ( movement of an object in a specific
violent. direction)

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS KNOWN TO EARLY ASTRONOMERS

BEFORE THE INVENTION OF TELESCOPES

Diurnal Motion Annual Motion

The daily rotation of stars describes the perceived
and celestial bodies annual journey of the
around the Earth. sun across the stellar
backdrop