A Few Quotes from Cosmologists
on Geocentrism vs. Heliocentrism

Science alone cannot determine whether the heliocentric model (sun at the center) or the geocentric model (earth at the center) is correct. It’s really only a philosophical choice.

“When the mass and resulting cosmic gravitational force of the entire universe is taken into account, geocentricity can explain the movements of the heavenly bodies as well as either the heliocentric or acentric theories.”

— Ernst Mach (1838-1916), Austrian physicist and philosopher (the mach number as a measure of speed relative to the speed of sound is named after him)

“We know that the difference between a heliocentric theory and a geocentric theory is one of relative motion only, and that such a difference has no physical significance.”

— Fred Hoyle (1915-2001), English Astronomer, “Astronomy and Cosmology: A Modern Course” (1975), page 416

“”People need to be aware that there is a range of models that could explain the observations,” Ellis argues. “For instance, I can construct you a spherically symmetrical universe with earth at its center, and you cannot disprove it based on observations.” Ellis has published a paper on this. “You can only exclude it on philosophical grounds. In my view there is absolutely nothing wrong in that. What I want to bring into the open is the fact that we are using philosophical criteria in choosing our models. A lot of cosmology tries to hide that.””

— George Ellis, professor of applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town and theoretical cosmologist, being quoted in the article “Thinking Globally, Acting Universally” published in Scientific American, October 1995