09-01-2018, 05:21 PM
Also in line with medieval beliefs regarding the sun and the moon was their explanation as to why the sun was hot.
Since they believed that the sun revolved around the earth, they assumed it must be moving extremely fast and thus it had to be the speed of the sun's motion that generated the heat. It never occurred to [most of] them that the sun might be generating heat on its own.
Since they believed that the sun revolved around the earth, they assumed it must be moving extremely fast and thus it had to be the speed of the sun's motion that generated the heat. It never occurred to [most of] them that the sun might be generating heat on its own.