Since the dawn of the Space Age in the 1950s and the discovery of exoplanets in the 1990s, the model has been both challenged and refined to account for new observations. The Solar System has evolved considerably since its initial formation.

The Antikythera mechanism (/ ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə / AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also / ˌæntaɪkɪˈ -/ AN-ty-kih-) [1][2] is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System).

The models of the Solar System throughout history were first represented in the early form of cave markings and drawings, calendars and astronomical symbols. Then books and written records became the main source of information that expressed the way the people of the time thought of the Solar System.

2021年12月17日 · The world’s oldest analogue computer and one of the most remarkable scientific objects of antiquity ever found, the mechanical model of the solar system is thought to date to between the third and first centuries B.C. Now fractured into 82 known fragments, there is surviving evidence of 30 bronze gears.

2008年3月5日 · In class, we discussed three main models of the solar system that were used to calculate the positions of the planets and stars: the ancient Greek geocentric model as proposed by Ptolemy, the full heliocentric model by Copernicus, and the hybrid of these proposed by Brahe.

2023年12月26日 · Aristotelian Greek Viewpoints Plato’s Phaedo offers one of the first recorded theories on how our solar system is organized, though the details are sparse. He credits Anaxagoras with the original theory, which describes the Earth as an object in …

In 1734 Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg proposed a model for the solar system’s origin in which a shell of material around the Sun broke into small pieces that formed the planets. This idea of the solar system forming out of an original nebula was extended by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant in 1755.

2024年10月16日 · Understanding our solar system—its planets, moons, and other celestial objects—has transformed how we perceive our place in the universe. This article traces the history of the discovery of the solar system, highlighting key figures, ideas, and technological breakthroughs that have shaped our knowledge of the space we inhabit.

6 天之前 · In the ancient world, theories of the origin of Earth and the objects seen in the sky were certainly much less constrained by fact. Indeed, a scientific approach to the origin of the solar system became possible only after the publication of Isaac Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation in 1687.

23 小时之前 · Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected