Question

Which of these models of the solar system first proved that the sun is at the center of the solar system?

Ptolemy's geocentric model
Brahe view of the solar system
Kepler view of the solar system
Copernicus' heliocentric model

I think the answer is C-Kepler, because of the word "proved" in the question.
This is why, "Kepler used the meticulous notes and data gathered by Brahe to make discoveries about the motion of the planets. Kepler’s work proved Copernicus’s view that the solar system was heliocentric.".
Can someone confirm my thinking? Hate tricky questions :)

Answer 1

I believe it was Copernicus' heliocentric model.

heliocentric - the sun is at the center and the planets revolve around it.

hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Copernicus' heliocentric model

Step-by-step explanation:

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first one to give the heliocentric model of the solar system. The heliocentric model of the solar system describes the sun to be at the center of the solar system and earth and other planets with their moons revolving about it in concentric orbits.

Kepler believed in Copernicus's heliocentric model but gave laws of planetary motion that described the orbit of the planets to be elliptical instead of circular.

Tycho Brahe view of the solar system was that sun revolved around earth but other planets revolved around the sun.

Ptolemy's geocentric model considered earth to be the center of the universe and sun and other planets revolving about it.