The geocentric model accepted for more than a thousand years - C. It correctly explained the motion of the planets.
The Geocentric model was proposed by Ptolemy and Aristotle which stated that the earth is the center of the universe and all planets, stars including the sun move around the earth.
- These models were accepted for more than a thousand years until Galileo challenged this model in the 1600s with the help of his discovery of the telescope.
- It was a false model still accepted due to the fact that people get verification of what they were observing for centuries.
- People believed it as they observed the movement of stars, sun, moon around the earth so it was easy for them to believe even though there was no scientific evidence to prove it or disprove it.
Thus, the geocentric model accepted for more than a thousand years - C. It correctly explained the motion of the planets.
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