For many centuries, the geocentric model of the Solar System—where a stationary Earth lies at the center of the universe—was the accepted scientific consensus. When early heliocentric models (which proposed that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun) were suggested, they were initially rejected by ancient astronomers.
Explain three physical or observational reasons why ancient people rejected the idea that the Earth orbits the Sun, drawing on their everyday experiences and observations of the night sky (including the phenomenon illustrated in the diagram above).