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Re:Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler all lacked proof by GloucesterBoy on Saturday November 18, 2023 @06:00AM (#38318023)
Galileo improved on Copernicus in the sense that he found evidence against the Ptolemaic model. But the Geocentric position had moved on by then.
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Re:Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler all lacked proof by GloucesterBoy on Saturday November 18, 2023 @06:01AM (#38318034)
Keep in mind that despite Tycho's model having the consensus, there were still Ptolemaic Astronomers.
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