Ancient Astronomers 1

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 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

Who was the ancient Greek astronomer who used observation to study science and believed in the geocentric universe?

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Galileo

• Copernicus

The sun centered universe is called the

• geocentric universe

• heliocentric universe

• egocentric universe

The Earth centered universe is called the

• geocentric universe

• heliocentric universe

• egocentric universe

• home universe

What theory of the Universe did Ptolemy believe in? 

• Geocentric theory
• Vergocentric theory
• Heliocentric theory
• Alphamanic theory

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

• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• William Herschel
• Claudius Ptolemy

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

Who first suggested that the earth rotated on its axis?

• Aristotle
• Aristarchus
• Tycho Brahe