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Who among the following propounded the geocentric theory of Universe?
1. Nicolaus Copernicus
2. Ptolemy
3. Johannes Kepler
4. Edwin Hubble

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Ptolemy

The correct answer is option 2) i.e. Ptolemy.

  • Ptolemy in the 2nd century CE propounded the theory of the Geocentric theory of the universe.
  • The geocentric model is a theory of the universe in which Earth is assumed to be at the center of it.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543, said that the sun is the center of the Universe and not the Earth.
  • Johannes Kepler said that the planets move around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
  • Edwin Hubble was the first person to demonstrate the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky way galaxy.

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