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did copernicus support ptolemys ideas about the solar system? what new ideas did he suggest?
Ptolemy proposed a geocentric model where Earth was at the center of the solar - system. Copernicus proposed a heliocentric model with the Sun at the center. He did not support Ptolemy's ideas. His new ideas included the Sun being near the center of the universe, Earth rotating daily on its axis, and Earth and other planets orbiting the Sun.
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No. He proposed a heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the solar - system, Earth rotating daily on its axis, and Earth and other planets orbiting the Sun.