Modern Astronomy

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Name the Ancient Greek who theorized the two-domain system - celestial and terrestrial.

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Aristotle

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Which observation led the Greeks to believe the Earth is spherical? Observing the...

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Lunar Eclipse

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Which observation of Tycho Brahe led to his assumption that NOT all celestial objects are spherical?

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Observing a comet

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Which observation of Tycho Brahe disproved the belief of the Ancient Greeks that celestial beings are perfect because it does NOT change?

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Observing a nova stella

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Who inherited the vast array of data of Tycho Brahe?

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Johannes Kepler

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Which Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion explains that Earth revolves faster when closer to the sun and slower when it is away from the sun?

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Law of Equal Areas

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Which Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion explains that the time it took for a planet to orbit the sun squared is proportional to its distance from the sun cubed and is the same for all planets?

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Law of Period

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According to the Ptolemaic Model, all of these are true EXCEPT...

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Stars can die.

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What is the instrument used by Brahe to study and observe the heavens?

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Tychonian Quadrant

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What is the primitive concept of gravitational force?

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anima motrix