Scientists during the 1500s and 1600s built upon and disproved the ancient Greek idea that Earth is the center of the universe. This geocentric view, most famously advocated by Claudius Ptolemy, was challenged by the heliocentric model proposed by Copernicus, which stated that the sun is the center of the solar system, and later supported by the work of Galileo and Kepler.
Which idea of the ancient Greeks did scientists during the 1500s and 1600s build upon and disprove?
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• that Earth is the center of the universe
• that the moon is the center of the universe
• that objects fall at the same rate of speed
• that the sun revolves around the Earth
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