Question

Question
Which idea of the ancient Greeks did scientists during the 1500s and 1600s build upon and disprove?

(1 point)
Responses

that Earth is the center of the universe

that Earth is the center of the universe

that the moon 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 objects fall at the same rate of speed

that the sun revolves around the Earth

that the sun revolves around the Earth

Answer 1

that Earth is the center of the universe

Scientists like Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton built on Greek astronomy but disproved geocentrism, showing the Sun (not Earth) is at the center of the solar system.