Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
It Just Seemed So Utterly Obvious That the Sun Revolved Round a Static Earth
Egocentric attitudes may have been a contributory factor behind the dominance of the geocentric world-view, but there were other reasons for preferring an Earth-centred universe to Aristarchus’ Sun-centred universe.
One basic problem with the Sun-centred world-view was that it appeared to be simply ridiculous. It just seemed so utterly obvious that the Sun revolved round a static Earth, and not the other way round.
In short, a Sun-centred universe ran counter to common sense.
Source: Big Bang
