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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the astronomer copernicus was the first person to publicly state that the earth is

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think Copernicus said that the Earth was the center of the universe and that Earth is round (but I'm not sure :/)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do u think so

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah, wait lemme search it for you :) here you go: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/retrograde/copernican.html i'm right :)))

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, the link indicates correctly that Copernicus believed the Sun is the center of the universe, though he was not the absolute first to state that.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ! then i'm wrong sorry :/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then who's the other guy who told that the earth was the center of the earth?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

*universe

OpenStudy (anonymous):

We usually call the Earth-centered model the Ptolemaic model after Ptolemy, who lived many centuries earlier.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Good work.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

not Aristotle? O.o

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok now who can define what friction is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

friction is a force that opposes the object's motion or prevents it to move now i'm sure with my definition ... XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

am a teacher u re wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

O.O okay, then can you please teach me the right thing if I'm wrong

OpenStudy (masumanwar):

heliocentric model of solar system

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