A History of the Solar System Model

My Class Project

The search for truth has motivated humanity since our beginning. While our methodology has been refined with time, it is rewarding to remind ourselves of our first attempts at understanding the systems around us. The movement of the celestial bodies offers a compelling anthology of this progression in science. Early humanity’s desire to catalogue astronomical phenomena is apparent in the lunar calendar markings left over 34,000 years ago(Dishough). In my project, I wish to present a far-from-complete timeline of solar system models in western culture. I chose to focus on the designs I considered to be historically important, with addendums of major discoveries that altered the model.