Ancient astronomy

A philosopher that proved the Earth is a sphere & thought it was at the center of the universe.

• William Herschel
• Isaac Newton
• Aristotle
• Nicolaus Copernicus

His model of the Earth-centered universe was the cornerstone of astronomy for 1,500 years.

• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Charles Messier
• Galileo Galilei

Began a new era of astronomy when he concluded that the Sun was the center of the universe.

• Aristotle
• Isaac Newton
• Claudius Ptolemy
• Nicolaus Copernicus

Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter.

• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• William Herschel
• Claudius Ptolemy

Built an observatory and made the most accurate astronomical observations for more than 20 yrs.

• Giovanni Cassini
• Tycho Brahe
• Hipparchus
• Isaac Newton

Built a telescope and made discoveries which changed astronomy; discovered 4 moons of Jupiter

• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• William Herschel
• Claudius Ptolemy

The heliocentric model was actually first proposed by:

• Aristotle

• Archimedes

• Aristarchus

• Alexander the Great

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Which astronomer created the 3 laws of planetary motion?

• Bruno

• Einstein

• Copernicus

• Kepler

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Why did people centuries ago believe that Earth was the center of the universe and that everything rotated around it?

• They were not good at making observations

• The sun and moon appear to go around the earth from our perspective

• The universe has changed since the early days

• Earth and the other planets were not visible to people then

Which model of the solar system has the sun in the center with all of the planets orbiting it?

• heliocentric

• geocentric

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