Copernicus and the Trail of Galileo

The Scientific Revolution started many things. One of them was the debate about the solar system. Before the Scientific Revolution people believed in the geocentric but then a new theory came and that was heliocentric.

Geocentric theory was most accepted theory during most of the middle ages and before. It was also accepted the ancient Greeks. This theory was based around the fact that the planets, stars and the Sun all revolved around the Earth. The believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. This theory was later proved wrong by Copernicus.

He had studied the phases of the planet Venus and was able to prove that the planet did not circle the Earth but rather the Sun. This theory came form the Scientific Revolution. It also said that the Sun is the center of the solar system. This theory was already put into motion by many people from the Mid East. They believed that the Earth revolved around the sun. They also believed that the Earth spined. However, it was Galileo that brought this concept to the West.

Galileo brought the idea and his support in it by continuing Copernicus research. This did not go well with the Roman Catholic Church because they still believed in the Geocentric system. They put him on trail for his belief and he was then convicted and his books were forbidden. He later died and the Church did not give him the funeral that was planned by the state. They then later admitted that they did him wrong.