GEOCENTRICITY The Modified Tychonic model Proposed

GEOCENTRICITY

The Modified Tychonic model

Proposed that the earth orbits the sun and rotates daily on an axis. Knew it was against Scripture, thus waited until he was about to die to publish it. Was encouraged to do so by the Pope & head of the Inquisition in 1535

Believed geocentric universe is Scriptural Built equipment to prove Copernican model wrong Greatest naked-eye astronomer of all time Proposed a geocentric model that saved all appearances

Called the father of modern physics Used a telescope to destroy the Crystalline Sphere geocentrism Insisted that Copernican model was proven, which got him in trouble with the Church of Rome

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Heliocentric explanation Geocentric explanation

A Foucault pendulum is said to prove the rotation of the earth It only demonstrates a relative rotation between earth and universe It cannot tell which is actually rotating

An experiment involving aberration A water-filled telescope should be pointed further ahead than an airfilled telescope Airy found they point the same Implies the earth does not orbit the sun but that the star follows the sun in its yearly motion Or Fresnell Drag, or Relativity ….

Tried to detect the motion of the earth about the sun Found none

Found that geometry requires geocentricity and heliocentrism to yield identical results Thus no experiment can prove one over the other Inertia due to the gravity of all objects in the universe

An experiment related to the Michelson-Morley test Designed to test for the rotation of the earth Got a positive result However, cannot tell if earth rotates or cosmos rotates about earth

Sir Fred Hoyle

What Saith Scripture?

Language of Appearances?

Language of Appearances?

Malachi 4: 2

Joshua 10: 12 -13

Isaiah 38: 8

Joshua 10: 12 -13

Isaiah 38: 8

Hezekiah’ s Sign