Glossary term: 地心说
Description: 早期的宇宙模型是地心说，把地球置于宇宙中心，月球、太阳和行星相对于 "固定 "恒星围绕地球运动。在古代的许多文化中，地心说与把太阳置于中心的日心说并存。托勒密体系是一个颇具影响力的地心模型，它以公元 2 世纪的天文学家克劳迪乌斯-托勒密的名字命名。在欧洲、北非和中东地区的一千多年里，它一直是最著名的宇宙模型。16 世纪晚期，人们开始转向日心说，这个学说通常与尼古拉斯-哥白尼（Nicolaus Copernicus）这一名字联系在一起。今天，我们知道太阳系只是众多此类系统中的一个，当然也不是宇宙的中心。实际上，对天空的地心描述仍在使用，但只是作为一种计算在特定时间从特定地点可以看到哪些天体的方法。
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