And given the messiness of Copernicus’ system, there simply wasn’t enough evidence to conclusively decide in favour of heliocentrism at least until Kepler’s ellipses—which were only discovered because Kepler had already devoted his life to the hypothesis.
What about Tycho Brahe’s comets? Didn’t they smash the idea of the crystal spheres in which were embedded the celestials?
What about Tycho Brahe’s comets? Didn’t they smash the idea of the crystal spheres in which were embedded the celestials?