Copernicus and the Trial of Galileo

• Geocentric Theory- state that the earth is at the center of the solar system, and that everything revolved around it.
• Heliocentric Theory – states that planets and even the moon revolved around the sun, in a counter-clockwise motion.

The Geocentric Theory came first, saying that everything revolved around the earth, then later on scientists try to prove that theory wrong. They claimed that everything revolved around the sun, using the Heliocentric Theory.

Galileo was on trial because he was questioning God work. He said that “the earth was not the center of the universe”. Catholic Church, condemned him to life imprisonment.

The Catholic Church put Galileo on trial because he said that "the earth was not the center of the universe", their for questioning the holy book.

• Galileo believed that everything revolved around the sun.