Question

How did Copernicus's work challenge the accepted view of the universe?A: he rejected Ptolemy's work altogether, theorizing that the earth was stationary and fixed orbits were not possible.B: he agreed with Ptolemy that the planets moved, but he did not believe they revolved around the earth. C: he wanted to prove that God created the universe and that science was not involved.D: he though that the universe had changed since Ptolemy's theory.

Answer 1

.the correct answer is B

B: He agreed with Ptolemy that the planets moved, but he did not believe they revolved around the earth
Copernicus was a renaissance scholar who caused a scientific revolution when he asserted contrary to popular views of the time that it is not the earth but the sun which is at the center of the universe. he postulated that the planets revolved around the sun, and placed it at the center of the galaxy.