Question

Why was Aristarchus’s model not accepted? Select two options.

Aristotle had better data than Aristarchus.
Aristarchus was not as famous as Aristotle.
Aristotle’s model was more accurate.
Aristarchus could not answer some important questions about the model.
Aristarchus had fallen out of favor with Alexander the Great.

Answer 1

Selected options:
- Aristarchus was not as famous as Aristotle.
- Aristarchus could not answer some important questions about the model.

Brief explanation: Aristotle’s enormous authority and an entrenched geocentric physics made his view the default. Aristarchus’ heliocentric idea also lacked key empirical support (no detected stellar parallax then) and he couldn’t give satisfactory answers to important objections, so it failed to gain acceptance.