Question

The Greeks rejected the notion that the Earth orbits the Sun. Why? A.) They believed that the Sun is a God.

B.) They weren't as smart as we are.
C.) They could not measure a change in stars' positions on the sky.
D.) They could not measure how big the Earth was.

Answer 1

B.) It ran contrary to their senses. Greeks knew that we should see stellar parallax if we orbited the Sun – but they could not detect it.