Historical Astronomers

Which astronomer is responsible for the elliptical model of the solar system?

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Aristotle

• Kepler

Which model of the universe has the Earth at the center?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Elliptical

Which model of the solar system is MOST accurate

• Geocentric

• Classical Heliocentric

• Kepler's Elliptical Model

Who created a telescope and studied Jupiter's moons?

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

• Newton

Which 2 (two) of the following astronomers were Greek?

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

• Galileo

• Aristotle

How many moons did Galileo see when studying Jupiter?

Who came up with the idea of gravity?

• Kepler

• Newton

• Aristotle

• Galileo

Which astronomer first suggested that the sun is at the center of the solar system?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Brahe

• Copernicus

The sun is at the center of our solar system

• True

• False

The sun is at the center of the universe

• True

• False