What caused people to accept the geocentric model of the universe?(1 point)

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Measurements and mathematical models demonstrated that the planets orbit around the sun.
Measurements and mathematical models demonstrated that the planets orbit around the sun.

Objects seem to move across the sky, and Earth did not feel like it was moving.
Objects seem to move across the sky, and Earth did not feel like it was moving.

Noticing that gravity will eventually pull all the planets and the universe back together.
Noticing that gravity will eventually pull all the planets and the universe back together.

Telescopes allowed for a much more detailed view of the circular orbits of the planets.
Telescopes allowed for a much more detailed view of the circular orbits of the planets.

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Objects seem to move across the sky, and Earth did not feel like it was moving.

This belief in the geocentric model was largely influenced by direct observations of celestial movement and the lack of sensory evidence that the Earth itself was in motion.