Question

Use the image below to answer the following question:

image of Earth with Sun and planets orbiting Earth, illustrating Ptolemys theory
© SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group
/ Image Quest 2018

What astronomical model from the Ancient World still taught in the Renaissance is illustrated by the image above?

Heliocentrism
Geocentrism
Orbitalism
Solarism

Answer 1

2nd option

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Geocentrism

Step-by-step explanation:

The image shows the model of Geocentrism which shows how the Sun and the planets with all the other stars are revolving around the Earth.

We must take into consideration that this ancient astronomical model was created earlier than the 16th century and a large number of people accepted it as truth.

In the 16th century, the year 1548 Nicolaus Copernicus presented the model of Heliocentrism.