Early Astronomers

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What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

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Sun

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What model does this represent? Options: Geocentric, Heliocentric

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Heliocentric

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What does "geo-" mean?

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Earth

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This image shows the: Geocentric Solar System, Heliocentric Solar System

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Geocentric Solar System

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Galileo used ______ to develop the heliocentric theory.

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the scientific method

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A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

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Heliocentric

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What does "helios" mean?

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sun

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This person was a Greek philosopher who believed the universe centered around the Earth in a perfect circle.

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Aristotle

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This person believed that planets move on small circles that move on larger circles.

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Ptolemy

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This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory.

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Galileo