•how were historical solar system models different from our current model?

One of the most famous historical model was the geocentric model thought of by plato. This model says that the earth is in the center of the universe and that each of the planets follow complicated paths that go backwards sometimes. This model was used until a new one was accepted. This model is the one we have today called the heliocentric model. It was bought of by Copernicus. Hope that answers your question!

Answer it orbits high above earth to gain clearer images of light, it magnifies images relative to the human eye, it records most of the universe as it was in the past, not as it is now;