Question

Although the heliocentric model of the solar system was originally proposed by Aristarchus in the 3rd century BC, the idea did not gain public support until the 16th century AD with the work of _______.

1) Galileo
2) Newton
3) Copernicus
4) Brahe

Answer 1

3) Copernicus

Step-by-step explanation:

Heliocentrism is the name of the cosmological structural model that places the sun at the center of the universe.

Although raised by several researchers, it was the Polish Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) who presented in 1530, the mathematical model that most closely approximates heliocentrism after about 30 years of observation.

Copernicus's main concepts pointed to the earth revolving around itself as one of the six known planets orbiting the sun.

Answer 2

Indeed, the heliocentric model of the solar system took quite some time to finally gain traction in the scientific community. And, in the 16th century, the main advocate of this model, and the man who eventually pushed the model fully into the mainstream of scientific thought, was 3) Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer.