History of Astronomy

Il dialogo su i Due massimi sistemi del mondo

• confronta la teoria copernicana con quella di Keplero

• non confronta la teoria eliocentrica e quella geocentrica

• afferma la superiorità della teoria copernicana su quella tolemaica

Who Is Nicolaus Copernicus?

• Somebody
• An Astronomer who created the Geocentric Theory
• A Women
• An Astronomer who created the Heliocentric Theory

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth 
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

This person developed the heliocentric theory and was considered the founder of modern astronomy.

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo

The order of the planets is:

• Mars,Venus,Earth,

  Mercury,Saturn

  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth,Venus,Mars

  Jupiter, Neptune,

  Mercury,Saturn,

  Uranus

• Mercury,Venus,Earth

  Mars,Jupiter,

  Saturn,Uranus

  Neptune

• Mercury,Venus,Earth

  Mars,Jupiter,

  Neptune, Saturn,Uranus

discovered Jupiter's four moons

• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Brahe
• Aristotle

Made careful observations & recorded positions of planets by observing from his observatory.

• Tycho Brahe
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Aristotle

Kepler was assistant to this astronomer.

• Tycho Brahe
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Aristotle

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

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Aristotle