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In 1616, the church warned Galileo not to defend the ideas of Copernicus. Galileo's observations could prove Copernicus's theories about the order of the universe.
Galileo Galilei was a famous astronomer, physicist and engineer. He was called as the father of the modern science. He was from Pisa, Italy.
Galileo's observation could prove the Copernicus's heliocentric theory about universe that says that the planets orbit around the sun, that's why the church seek to silence Galileo.
The church seek to silence Galileo due to the following reason
- At a time, Galileo conflicts with the church. Most of the people believed the Aristotle theory of geocentric.
- Aristotle's theory proposed that earth is the centre of the universe.
- Nicolaus Copernicus, gave the theory of heliocentric (that all planets included earth orbit around the sun). Which oppose the Aristotle's theory.
- Galileo defended the theory of heliocentric view through his astronomical observation in 1609.
- The heliocentric view was opposed by the church and religious people, as a biblical passage says that the nature of earth is fixed.
Thus, the church seek to silence Galileo because the heliocentric view of Galileo opposed the church beliefs.
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