Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

In the early 1500's there were two main theories of the solar system. One being the geocentric theory and the other being the heliocentric theory. The geocentric theory came before the heliocentric theory, long ago in the Ancient Greek times around 500-400 B.C. The theory came from Ptolomey who believed that the Earth was the center of the whole solar system and that the sun and the other planets orbit around it. It was then replaced with another more accurate theory that came from the scientific revolution. The heliocentric theory, which stated that the Earth is simply only one of the planets that orbit around the sun. It was the correct theory which came from Nicolas Copernicus around 1500's - 1600's A.D. and it wasn't believed till then.

Galileo Galilei was the most successful scientist during the Scientific Revolution. He invented the telescope and the microscope along with other discoveries. He used his observations of the universe using his telescope and combined it with his laws of physics to defend the heliocentric theory. Galilieo was then put on trial because he defended and believed the theory, and for publishing a book based on both theories on which one was right from wrong. The Roman Catholic Church didn't like this because they thought he was wrong and only depended on God toward their beliefs about the earth. He was forced to reanounce his views and submit to the church. He was then sentenced to do life on house arrest. In 1633 he was inprisoned and then died 9 years later in 1942 at the age of seventy-seven, causing the Itilian Rennaissance to come to an end. It was then proven many years later in 1992 that Galileo Galilei was right about everything, by the Roman Catholic Church.